Paul's philosophy of language and mind overcoming the negative intellectual legacy through making english version of 'Philosophy of Faithfulness'

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01010:Philosophy and ethics-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: CHIBA KEI 北海道大学, 文学研究院, 名誉教授 (30227326)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: faithfulness / righteousness / separation / God / logos / ergon / law / semantics

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The desired goal of producing an English version of the Philosophy of Faithfulness was largely achieved. I developed the complementarity of Logos (reason) and ergon (the here-and-now workings of that reason), which is his methodology at the foundation of Pauline theology. It is also the methodology of Aristotle's philosophy, and the results of his research were published as "Reflections on Aristotle's Modal Ontology" in the collection of essays dedicated to Professor David Charles of Yale University (OUP 2024). In addition, with the help of researchers who agreed to correct a mistranslation of Romans 3:22 ever since of 2nd century CE, the theologically central passage in Paul's "Romans," and a professional website creator from Chicago, we launched The Faithfulness Project, and were able to upload three basic papers and three dialogue recordings to the website.https://thefaithfulnessproject.org/

Free Research Field

Philosophy

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

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