The Study of the Philosophies of Common Sense and Enlightenment in Britain and their implications for contemporary thoughts

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Musashino University
• Principal Investigator: OHTANI Hiroshi 武蔵野大学, 人間科学部, 講師 (30584825)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AOKI Hiroko 武蔵野大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60635671)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ICHINOSE Masaki 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科, 教授 (20232407) ; KATAYAMA Fumio 東北工業大学, 教職課程センター, 准教授 (40364400) ; FURUTA Tetsuya 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (00710394) ; NOMURA Tomokiyo 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科, 助教 (90758939) ; SATOU Sora 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 特任研究員 (60749307)
• Research Collaborator: MAKINO Saori 千葉大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究科, 博士課程在籍 ; ISHIDA Eri お茶の水女子大学, 大学院比較社会文化学専攻, 博士課程在籍 ; SHINOHARA Hisashi 関西学院大学, 名誉教授 ; WADA Megumu 武蔵野大学, 非常勤講師 ; TOMIOKA Kentaro 本郷高校, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 常識 / アダム・ファーガスン / スコットランド啓蒙思想 / スコットランド常識学派 / ウィトゲンシュタイン / 啓蒙 / トマス・リード / コモン・センス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we explored the common sense philosophies that can also be characterized as "enlightenment" in the British traditions. Our studies include the study of (i) the common sense philosophy in Scottish enlightenment, (ii)the common sense philosophies of 20th century Cambridge philosophers such as G.E. Moore and Wittgenstein, and (iii) the influence of the Scottish philosophy to the thoughts of the Founding Fathers of America.
We published several papers on these topics as well as made presentations in conferences. Also, we organized a symposium at the 40th annual Conference of The Japanese Society for British Philosophy, and we have edited The report of the research results in which papers of our fellow scholars are included.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学