2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
The tools of contemporary Japanese neuroscience: a cultural and philosophical approach
| Project/Area Number |
16F16301
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| Research Institution | Rikkyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
河野 哲也 立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (60384715)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
GAILLARD MAXENCE 立教大学, 文学部, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-10-07 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 科学哲学 / 技術哲学 / 科学のツール / 脳科学の哲学 / 脳神経倫理学 |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This last period of the fellowship was dedicated to the study of the interaction between technology and the body of research participants. This study is a subpart of the general project: the development of a philosophical approach of scientific instruments in the philosophy of neuroscience and neuroethics. In this study, I focus on tool use in the laboratory: how tools are connected with the body of research participants? In behavioral and brain sciences, the body of the participant is connected to several technologies through which physiological data is recorded. In order to obtain good quality brain data, a number of constraints are imposed on the body of participants, such as restrictions of movement. I have observed and compared several experiments of neuroscience and psychology, including a rich variety of brain imaging tools (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy). By questioning the conceptions of embodiment behind the use of brain imaging tools, I have shown that different instrumental strategies correspond to different conceptions of embodiment. A paper on this topic has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
Presentations of the study have been held at the World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing University, August 2018, and at East China Normal University (Shanghai), Workshop Body Matters: The Many Faces of Embodied Cognition, August 2018. At the World Congress of Philosophy, a roundtable has also been organized with Tetsuya Kono & Jean-Michel Roy on “New Directions in Embodied Knowledge” (2018.8.17).
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| Research Progress Status |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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