Annotated Translation of Cartesian Scientific Documents into Japanese and a Polyhedral Approach to the Intellectual Communion in the Early Modern Period

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03152
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: University of Yamanashi
• Principal Investigator: KAGAWA Chiaki 山梨大学, 大学院総合研究部, 医学研究員 (70224342)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三浦 伸夫 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 名誉教授 (20219588) ; 但馬 亨 四日市大学, 関孝和数学研究所, 研究員 (30636246) ; 武田 裕紀 追手門学院大学, 基盤教育機構, 教授 (50351721) ; 池田 真治 富山大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70634012) ; 竹田 扇 山梨大学, 総合研究部, 教授 (20272429) ; 澤井 直 順天堂大学, 医学部, 助教 (40407268) ; 坂井 建雄 順天堂大学, 医学部, 教授 (90114488) ; 安西 なつめ 日本大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 助教 (10768576)
• Research Collaborator: YAMADA Hiroaki 名古屋大学, 名誉教授 ; NAKAZAWA Satoshi 東邦大学, 非常勤講師 ; BITBOL-HESPERIES Annie デカルト研究センター ; BUZON Frédéric de ストラスブール大学, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: デカルト哲学 / 医学生理学史 / 数学史 / 自然学史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We made it a goal of this research program to change all scientific documents of Descartes into Japanese that had never been translated before and to give the detailed annotations for them that would throw light on their meaning and important role in the intellectual history of early modern period. For this purpose, two study groups were set up: one was a medical and physiological study group, and the other is a mathematical and physical study group. Each group consisted of multi-disciplinary scholars. Their results were published as two books entitled "Descartes, Medical Papers" and "Descartes, Mathematical and Physical Papers" by the Hosei University Press in 2017 and in 2018. We expect our research results to become a starting point for new understanding of Cartesian philosophy in Japan.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学