2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Philosophical Context of Plato's Educational Thought in his Middle Dialogues

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20820049
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Philosophy/Ethics
Research Institution	Otani University
Principal Investigator	NISHIO Koji Otani University, 文学部, 助教 (20510225)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	プラトン / 教育思想 / 魂 / 三区分説 / 気概 / イデア論
Research Abstract	This study elucidates the philosophical context of Plato's educational thought in his middle dialogues (especially in the Republic). It makes clear that Plato's theory of mind (his theory of tripartite soul) presents reason as true self and spirit as the part in which social self is formed, and that this difference of aspects has theoretical connection with epistemological difference of knowledge and belief assumed by his theory of Forms, and gives the philosophical context of his educational thought.

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