1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Study of The rule of language
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08610010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KAN Toyohiko Kyushu University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (50091385)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Keywords | norm / space of reasons / coherentism / the myth of the Given / ostensive definition / reductionism / the argument from illusion / holism |
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| Research Abstract |
1.I investigated later Wittgenstein's reseach of the ostensive definition and Davidson's theory of language. Thence, I have tried to make clear that we could not reduce our language understanding to pre-linguistic ability and pre-linguistic data.
2.The study of the meaning of words inseparably connects with the study of belief. We must stipulate what justifies a sentence in order to give the meaning to the sentence and we must stipulate the meaning of a sentence in order to justify the sentence. Therefore, Davidsen says that nothing can count as a reason for holding a belief except another belief. (the coherentism).
3.But, if we take the coherentism, that cannot make sense of the bearing of thought (belief) on objective reality.
4.therfore, we need a conception of experiences as states or occurrences that are passive but reflect conceptual capasities, capacities that belong to spontaneity, in operation.
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