2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Nature in Newtonianism and the Emergence of "the Science of Man"
| Project/Area Number |
23520101
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGAO SHINICHI 名古屋大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (30207980)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | ニュートン主義 / 人間の科学 / 科学史 / 社会思想史 / 経済思想 |
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| Research Abstract |
Focusing upon the Newtonianism in 18th century Scotland, the birth place of the science of man, the project explained how the nature observed by modern science had contributed to the conceptualization of human nature and had established modern humanity and society in the following points. 1. The nature as a labyrinth in modern sciences 2. The Interpretation of nature as a book 3. The science of mind and the universal imperative sentence 4. The two orders of society.
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