2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Enlightenment and errors : the role of the "history of errors" in the "general and rational history of sciences and arts" of the Encyclopedie
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20520076
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
IDA Hisashi Aoyama Gakuin University, 文学部, 准教授 (10339517)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 思想史 / 科学史 / 啓蒙思想 / 18世紀 / フランス / 百科全書 |
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| Research Abstract |
I have undertaken a thorough research on the whole text of the Encyclopedie (1751-72) using 《errors》 as a keyword, and analysed the articles concerning scientific disciplines. As a result of this research, I found that the "error" described in the scientific articles of the Encylopedie has several patterns, as summarized below : 1. the error based on a metaphorical use of scientific terms ; the error occured by labeling opponent hypotheses ; the error as popular beliefs or superstitions ; the errow as 《dominative error》, which, after being treated like a piece of truth for long years, turned out to be an error ; the error of transitional type , which was found out to be true by the progress of science and technology after being exposed to prejudices.
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