Joseph Priestley on English Enlightenment
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26885117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Economic doctrine/Economic thought
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| Research Institution | Tokushima Bunri University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | イングランド啓蒙 / 科学と宗教 / 経済学の形成 / イングランド啓蒙思想 / 社会経済思想史 / 啓蒙思想 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research, I focuses on the position of Priestley’s conception of social science within the overall scope of his thought, and in particular the importance of the history, the natural experiment for the social science.
I reached the following conclusions. a) Priestley understood the sciences to be discoveries of the divine providence through rational arguments. b) The relationship between theology and science posed little problem for Priestley. c)He adopted a historical approach in his political economy and did not formulated hypotheses in order to explain divine providence.d) advances in knowledge are derived from proofs of providence.e) Advances create wealth through improvements and reform in technology or industry that use and apply new knowledge.
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