Research into the position of patients and children in French phenomenological movements

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16604
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: University of Toyama
• Principal Investigator: Sawada Tetsuo 富山大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (60710168)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 現象学 / メルロ＝ポンティ / リシール / 発達心理学 / 精神病理学 / 知覚 / 空想 / 想像

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Under the research program entitled "Research into the position of patients and children in French phenomenological movements", we studied French phenomenologist's (Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Marc Richir) approach to pathological phenomena and children's behavior.
In order to advance the purpose of that research program, we accomplished the following contents of research; 1) firstly, Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological approach to developmental psychology ; 2) secondly, Richir's phenomenological approach to psychopathological phenomena ; 3) finally, examination of sense and value of their phenomenological approaches in the history of philosophy.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学