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2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of 《Enactive Nature of Perception》 in Phenomenology and Interactionism

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17520003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionIwate University

Principal Investigator

KOBAYASHI Mutsumi  Iwate University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor (20292170)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Keywordsphenomenology / perceptual systems / Gibson. J. J. / Husserl, E. / Heidegger, M. / ecological psychology / interactionism / enactive nature of perception
Research Abstract

What is the nature of perception? Perception has been often regarded as the basic model of consciousness. The main aim of my research is to explore the nature of perception by means of comparing the phenomenological theory on perception with ecological psychology, and other modern enactivism or interactionism. To accomplish this aim, I focused on J.J. Gibson's ecological approach to perception, and by examining the background of his theory, I tried to demonstrate the similarities and differences among his theory and the other theories.
In his second book the Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems (1966), Gibson criticized the traditional view on perception, that is, J. Muller's channel theory of perceptions. According to Gibson, "We shall have to conceive the external senses in a new way, as active rather than passive, as systems rather than channels, and as interrelated rather than mutually exclusive. If they function to pick up information, not simply to arouse sensations, this funct … More ion should be denoted by a different term. They will here be called perceptual systems."
In my project, with referring to this concept "perceptual systems", I have pursued the possibilities of the phenomenological way of understandings on perception. To attain to this end, I made a study of mainly two tasks concretely.
(1) Firstly, I analyzed the genealogical origins of the concepts Husserl's "kinaesthetic systems (kinasthetischen System)" and Gibson's "perceptual systems", which both emphasize 《enactive nature of perception》, then tried to made clear the similarities and differences between them. These findings were published as a paper "Husserl and Gibson: On Enactive Nature of Perception."
(2) Secondly, I examined the archeological origins of the concepts Heidegger's "disinhibiting ring (Enthemmungsring)" and Gibson's "perceptual systems", which also both emphasize 《enactive nature of perception》. In that process, I paid attention to J. Muller's "specific nervous energy" hypothesis, and disclosed the differences between them, which were hidden behind the superficial anti-representational similarities. The results of this research were published as a paper "Heidegger and Gibson: Structure of Perception from the Ecological Point of View." Less

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2008 2007

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 《Authorship》 《Patent Rights, Author''s Rghts, and Communality》2008

    • Author(s)
      KOBAYASHI Mutsumi
    • Journal Title

      Dictionary of Applied Ethics (Kato, H. (eds.)), (Maruzen)

      Pages: 300-301, 304-305

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] フッサールとギブソン-知覚の行為性をめぐって-2007

    • Author(s)
      小林 睦
    • Journal Title

      思索 第40号

      Pages: 81-111

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ハイデガーとギブソン-生態学的観点から見た知覚の構造-2007

    • Author(s)
      小林 睦
    • Journal Title

      現象学年報 第23号

      Pages: 157-164

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Husserl and Gibson -On Enactive Nature of Perception-2007

    • Author(s)
      KOBAYASHI Mutsumi
    • Journal Title

      SHISAKU (Speculation) No. 40

      Pages: 88-111

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Heidegger and Gibson -Structure of Perception from the Ecological Point of View-2007

    • Author(s)
      KOBAYASHI Mutsumi
    • Journal Title

      GENSHOGAKU NENPO (Annual Review of the Phenomenological Association of Japan) No. 23

      Pages: 157-164

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] ハイデガーと生物学-生気論、機械論、進化論-2007

    • Author(s)
      小林 睦
    • Organizer
      東北哲学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東北大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-10-21
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] Heidegger and Biology: Vitalism, Mechanism, and Evolution Theory2007

    • Author(s)
      KOBAYASHI Mutsumi
    • Organizer
      The Philosophical Society of Tohoku, Annual Conferences
    • Place of Presentation
      Tohoku University
    • Year and Date
      2007-10-21
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 応用倫理学事典:担当項目「オーサーシップ」「発明権・著作権と公有性」2008

    • Author(s)
      加藤尚武編集代表
    • Total Pages
      990
    • Publisher
      丸善株式会社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2010-02-04  

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