Research on the Ontological Discussions in Various Schools of Indian Philosophy

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: MARUI Hiroshi 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (30229603)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): WADA Toshihiro 名古屋大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (00201260) ; YOSHIMIZU Kiyotaka 東北大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (20271835) ; OGAWA Hideyo 広島大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (00169195) ; KATAOKA Kei 九州大学, 大学院人文科学研究院, 准教授 (60334273)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KATSURA Shoryu 龍谷大学, 文学部, 教授 (50097903) ; FUJINAGA Shin 都城工業高等専門学校, 一般科目文科, 教授 (70209071)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: インド哲学 / ダルシャナ / 存在論 / 形而上学 / カテゴリー論 / 東西哲学対話

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To elucidate various problems of ontological discussion in major Schools or Systems of Indian philosophy, nearly forty Japanese scholars were integrated into four working groups: (1) Nyaya-Vaisesika/Buddhism, (2) Mimamsa-Vedanta, (3) Vyakarana/Jainism, and (4) Shaivism/Sankhya. In addition to annual conference of the whole project team, the "Japan-Austria International Seminar on Transmission and Tradition: The Meaning and Role of 'Fragments' in Indian Philosophy" (20-24 Aug. 2012, Matsumoto) in collaboration with the Austrian Academy of Science, the panel "Various Aspects of Ontological Discussion in Indian philosophy" (1 Sep. 2013, Matsue) and the symposium "Indian Traditional Frameworks of World View: An Attempt to Restart a Dialogue between the Eastern and Western Thoughts" (23 Nov. 2014, Tokyo) were held. As the final result of the present project, we published the collection of papers as a special Issue of the Studies in Indian Philosophy and Buddhism (the University of Tokyo).

Free Research Field

インド哲学