2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The problem of free will in the contemporary situation: toward the unification of theoretical and practical considerations
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25370031
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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 |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Rissho University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YUASA Masahiko 立正大学, 文学部, 教授 (70247188)
TASAKA Satsuki 立正大学, 文学部, 教授 (70308336)
TAKEUCHI Seiichi 立正大学, 文学部, 准教授 (00503864)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 自由意志 / 決定論 / 生態学的現象学 / 自己決定 / 日常性 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Motivated by the contemporary situation, in which science and technology are highly developed, the free will problem is currently widely discussed in various fields. However, many discussions presuppose the traditional dualistic distinction between freedom and determinism, or autonomy and heteronomy. In our research, we criticize this presupposition, based on the view that human beings are always living in the embodied engagement with the world. Through this view of "ecological phenomenology," we have confirmed it is necessary to focus on the structure of actions in everyday lives, in which our actions are constrained but at the same time supported by the environments.This view also helps us to understand the problems concerning free will and autonomy of handicapped persons.
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| Free Research Field |
現象学・科学哲学
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