The British Moral Sense Theories and the Development of Hume's Moral Philosophy: from Nature to Norm

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520037
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: YAJIMA Naoki 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (10298309)
• Research Collaborator: Gordon Graham プリンストン神学大学院, 教授 ; Jonathan Hearn エディンバラ大学, 教授 ; David Fergusson エディンバラ大学, 教授 ; OKUBO Masatake 杉野服飾大学, 元教授 ; ARIE Daisuke 横浜国立大学, 名誉教授 ; SAKAMOTO Tatsuya 慶應義塾大学, 教授 ; TAKENAKA Shinya 中央大学, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ヒューム / 近代哲学 / イギリス経験論 / 道徳感覚 / 認識論 / 道徳哲学 / ジョゼフ・バトラー / スピノザ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, I studied the formation of David Hume’s philosophy in the larger context of modern British philosophy. I started by presenting a consistent reading of his epistemology and moral theory. Then, I examined the relationship between continental rationalism and its possible adaptation in Hume’s philosophical system. In particular, I argued an intimate connection, as well as difference, between Hume and Spinoza. Regarding the sentimentalist aspect of Hume’s moral philosophy, I illuminated the hitherto rather neglected relation between Hume and Joseph Butler.

Free Research Field

デーヴィッド・ヒュームを中心とする近代イギリス哲学