Comparative Philosophy of Perception

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12810
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: MORIYAMA Shinya 信州大学, 学術研究院人文科学系, 准教授 (60467199)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YOSHIMIZU Chizuko 筑波大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (10361297) ; IMAI Akira 信州大学, 学術研究院人文科学系, 教授 (80211754)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 知覚の哲学 / 自己認識 / 主観性 / エナクティブ主義 / 場所の論理 / 概念主義 / 錯誤知 / 比較思想

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to establish a platform for a comparative philosophy of perception in a transdisciplinary manner, among scholars of Indian Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, and Analytical Philosophy. In order to fulfill the purpose, we have organized two workshops on comparative philosophy of perception. As the results, we came to find in following points the target for future study of this topic. First, the contemporary discussion on conceptualism/non-conceptualism of perception provides a clue for another look of classical debate of Indian philosophy concerning the status of conceptual though (vikalpa) in our perceptual experience. Second, the Buddhist argument on self-awareness (svasamvedana), the core of every perceptual experience, can be analyzed as showing a momentary, minimum subjectivity, which is compatible with the Buddhist doctrine of sleflessness.

Free Research Field

インド仏教認識論