A Study on the Development of the Theory of Ethos in Heidegger and the Application of his Philosophy to the Medical Philosophy

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520023
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Nara Medical University
• Principal Investigator: IKEBE Yasushi 奈良県立医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (00290437)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ハイデガー / エートス / 医学哲学 / 聴くこと / 医療技術 / 痛み

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I dealt with three issues. First, I discussed the listening, which is one of the fundamental actions of the being of man (Dasein). I showed that the listening is the core of what man is being-with others. Secondly, I reconsidered Heidegger's conception of technology from the point of view of the art of medicine. I pointed out that in modern times the art of medicine may replace physis and that we tend to forget that everyone is his or her own body. Thirdly, I studied the problem of pain based on Heidegger's understanding of man; Heidegger understands that man lives between joy and pain. I showed that the root of medicine consists in what man cannot escape from pain.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学