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2018 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

Development of a construction theory of reasoning that can be practically applicable to research writing and beyond

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K02164
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

頼 偉寧  名古屋大学, 教養教育院, 特任准教授 (10528251)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 戸田山 和久  名古屋大学, 情報学研究科, 教授 (90217513)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
KeywordsLogical Thinking / Reasoning / Logic Education / Applied Philosophy / Academic Writing / Applied Logic / Higher Education
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In 2018, I have published a co-authored paper in the Journal of Nagoya Higher Education research. The paper explains how a logical thinking approach is implemented across courses on academic communication skills, hence building a theoretical ground for the reasoning theory through practical experiences. In addition to the paper, I gave an oral presentation titled How Philosophers can Contribute to Teaching Research Writing: A brief introduction to an applied philosophy project at the XXIV World Congress of Philosophy held at Beijing University. The presentation introduced the reasoning project, and showed, using some concrete examples, how philosophers could be indispensable to research writing education. I also published a book titled Healthy Beings.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The research progress is going reasonably smooth. So far I have published a single-authored paper in 2017 on how the reasoning approach can be applied to research writing and a co-authored paper in 2018 on how the reasoning approach can receive wider applications, across courses on academic communication skills. I have also given presentations and talks at International conferences, Hiroshima University, Okayama University, Osaka City University about the reasoning approach for research writing.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

According to the research plan, the primary research goal in 2019 is to show how a logical argument can be built from its conclusion, which is a core hypothesis of the construction theory of reasoning. To accomplish this goal, I need to (i) show how the premises of an argument share some basic elements with the conclusion so that former can be built based on the latter, (ii) build a step-by-step recipe showing how a preliminary conclusion can be built from scratch, and (iii) build a step-by-step recipe showing how the premises for the conclusion can be constructed.

Causes of Carryover

Two reasons for the incurring amount: First, I did not hire a research assistant that I was planning to hire in 2018. Second, I was planning two oversea conference trips but I only went to one. I am planning to use the money carried over for inviting a specialist on logic studies to give a talk at Nagoya University in 2019.

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Implementing a Logical Thinking Approach for Education in Research Writing and Presentation2019

    • Author(s)
      LAI Wai Ling, NILEP Chad, WEEKS Mark, BAUMERT Nicolas, TODAYAMA Kazuhisa
    • Journal Title

      名古屋高等教育研究

      Volume: 19 Pages: 267-293

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How Nagoya University and Gifu University could collaborate on general education and beyond2019

    • Author(s)
      LAI Wai Ling
    • Organizer
      4th International Symposium on Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How Philosophers can Contribute to Teaching Research Writing: A brief introduction to an applied philosophy project2018

    • Author(s)
      LAI Wai Ling
    • Organizer
      The XXIV World Congress of Philosophy
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Research Writing and Logical Thinking Lectures2018

    • Author(s)
      LAI Wai Ling
    • Organizer
      Hiroshima University Library Workshop Series 2018
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 科学における哲学と倫理2018

    • Author(s)
      LAI Wai Ling
    • Organizer
      Okayama University Invited Lectures
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Academic Writing, Logical Thinking, and Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences2018

    • Author(s)
      LAI Wai Ling
    • Organizer
      Osaka City University Invited Lectures
    • Invited
  • [Book] 健康的存在2018

    • Author(s)
      賴 偉寧、寺嶋 正明、山 祐嗣
    • Total Pages
      184
    • Publisher
      ナカニシヤ出版
    • ISBN
      978-4-7795-1266-7

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Published: 2019-12-27  

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