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Nature, Nurture, Second Nature: Revisiting Nature, Normativity and Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K21323
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Education
Research InstitutionGunma University

Principal Investigator

Misawa Koichiro  群馬大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20636170)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords第二の自然 / ジョン・マクダウェル / nature / nurture / 人間本性 / 世界 / 経験 / human nature / second nature / 人間の自然性 / 人間の理性 / 人間の動物性 / Nature / Nurture / 理由の空間 / 哲学 / 教育学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main aim of this research programme was to make better sense of what it means to say that human beings are natural creatures in a normative environment. To address this issue in a philosophical way, the notion of ‘second nature’ and its associated ideas (such as ‘the logical space of reasons’) were exploited. The results from this three-year project are the following: 1) that the long-standing dualism of nature and norms can be reconceived in terms of the acquired-but-fixed feature of second nature, and 2) that the obsolete dualism between nature and nurture should be relocated within a broader framework that is to be a focus of educational-philosophical thought.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Nature(自然/生まれ)とnurture(規範/育ち)をめぐる問いは、自然科学研究のますますの隆盛により、実質的にnatureサイドが勝利を収めていると言ってよい現状があり、教育界においても「脳の構造に基づく学習」や「神経教授学」といった学習理論や教授方法が影響力をもちつつある。本研究は、このような趨勢に対して、「人間の自然=本性」というかたちで脳神経やDNAといった動物的自然性を人間本性と同定する人間観の不十分さを指摘し、「規範性をもった自然的存在」である人間の理解のために「第二の自然の自然主義」というアイディアに着目することで哲学がなしえる貢献の一端を明らかにした。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Humans, Animals and the World We Inhabit-On and Beyond the Symposium ‘Second Nature, Bildung and McDowell: David Bakhurst's The Formation of Reason’2017

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Philosophy of Education

      Volume: 51 Issue: 4 Pages: 744-759

    • DOI

      10.1111/1467-9752.12267

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] No Need to Worry: Multiple Profiles of Philosophy of Education in, and in Relation to, the World of Education and the World of Philosophy2016

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Journal Title

      Philosophical Inquiry in Education

      Volume: 23(2) Pages: 203-211

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Rethinking the “Social” in Educational Research: On What Underlies Scheme-Content Dualism2016

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Journal Title

      Ethics and Education

      Volume: 11(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 326-337

    • DOI

      10.1080/17449642.2016.1243503

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Our Experience of Nature and Human Nature: Bonnett, McDowell and the Philosophy of Education2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Organizer
      The 54th Annual Conference of Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Human Nature and Education in a World of Reasons2018

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Organizer
      The XXIV World Congress of Philosophy
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Modern Science, Philosophical Naturalism and a De-Trivializing of Human Nature2017

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Organizer
      The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Seattle, WA
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-19
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 'The Social, the Natural and the Educational' in Philosophy and the Study of Education: New Perspectives on a Complex Relationship, (ed.) Tom Feldges, pp. 91-1032019

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Total Pages
      164
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9781138583764
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「人間存在の社会性と教育哲学の可能性:「社会正義とオクシデント」再考」齋藤直子/ポール・スタンディッシュ/今井康雄(編)『〈翻訳〉のさなかにある社会正義』, pp. 117-133.2018

    • Author(s)
      三澤紘一郎
    • Total Pages
      256
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784130513296
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 'Nature and Nurture’ in International Handbook of Philosophy of Education, (ed.) Paul Smeyers, pp. 905-919.2018

    • Author(s)
      Koichiro Misawa
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • ISBN
      9783319727592
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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