The Formation of the idea of nature and the description of nature in the "Histoires naturelles generales et particulieres" of Buffon.

• Project/Area Number: 21720114
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: European literature (English literature excluded)
• Research Institution: Kobe College (2011); The University of Tokyo (2010); Tamagawa University (2009)
• Principal Investigator: OHASHI Kantaro 神戸女学院大学, 文学部, 講師 (40459285)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 啓蒙思想 / 自然史 / 博物学 / 修辞学 / 自然史・博物学 / 18世紀 / 生物学 / 文体論・修辞学 / 生物哲学 / プレ進化論 / 観念の歴史 / フランス啓蒙期の思想

Research Abstract

This research project aimed at pointing out the theoretical core of the French 18th Century's naturalist The Baron of Buffon, who was famous for his great work of Natural History. Through the survey of the first parts of his General and Particular Natural Histories, it was found that there existed the analogical order of his thinking, which enabled him to explain at once generation of animals and the formation of the development of human thoughts. This internal consistency between his discoveries on natural study and his rhetorical ideas written in Treatise on Style would be marked as a main feature of his thinking.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 『百科全書』項目「動物」読解-動物論からみるディドロとビュフォンの差異- (2012)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Journal Title: 『百科全書』啓蒙研究論集、『百科全書』研究会発行 Volume: 第1号 Pages: 115-134
  • NAID: 40019866303
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 『百科全書』項目「動物」読解--動物論からみるディドロとビュフォンの差異-- (2012)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Journal Title: 『百科全書』・啓蒙研究論集 Volume: 1 Pages: 115-134
  • NAID: 40019866303
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Pour une edition critique informatisee de l Encyclopedie : quelques precisions sur les metadonnees (2009)
  • Author(s): Yoichi SUMI, Takeshi KOSEKI, Kantaro OHASHI, et al.
  • Journal Title: Recherches sur DIDEROT et sur l ENCYCLOPEDIE Volume: n.44 Pages: 140-152
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 「非人間の哲学」序説 (2012)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Organizer: シンポジウム「カタストロフィーと共生の哲学」
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学駒場キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-05
• [Presentation] How Buffon historicized Nature in his Natural History in Relation to his Treatise on Style (2011)
  • Author(s): Kantaro OHASHI
  • Organizer: 13th International Congress of 18th Century Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Graz University
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-29
• [Presentation] How Buffon historicized Nature in his Natural History in Relation to his Treatise on Style (2011)
  • Author(s): Kantaro OHASHI
  • Organizer: 13th International Congress of 18th Century Congress
  • Place of Presentation: グラーツ大学(オーストリア)
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-29
• [Presentation] Plan of nature, plan of style : Relationship between the Theory of Natural History and the Rhetorical Idea on Style of Buffon (2010)
  • Author(s): Kantaro OHASHI
  • Organizer: 第18回国際美学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-12
• [Presentation] Plan of Nature, Plan of Style : Relationship between the Theory of Natural History and the Rhetorical Idea on Style of Buffon (2010)
  • Author(s): Kantaro OHASHI
  • Organizer: 第18回国際美学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北京大学(中国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-12
• [Presentation] 自然と文体のプラン:ビュフォン『博物誌』における生物理論と自然記述の関係 (2010)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Organizer: 日本十八世紀学会、第三十二回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-26
• [Presentation] 自然と文体のプラン:ビュフォン『博物誌』における生物理論と自然記述の関係 (2010)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Organizer: 日本18世紀学会 第32回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-26
• [Presentation] L humain et le monstreux : la morale materialiste de Diderot (2010)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Organizer: 国際ワークショップ「フランス現代思想の地平」
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-26
• [Presentation] L'humain et le monstrueux : la morale materialste de Diderot (2010)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Organizer: 国際ワークショップ「フランス現代思想の地平」
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学駒場キャンパス(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-26
• [Presentation] ガラパゴズ・ジャパン? (2009)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Organizer: 連続講座「批評(創造)の現在」
  • Place of Presentation: 近畿大学四谷アートスティディウム(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-24
• [Book] ディドロの唯物論 (2011)
  • Author(s): 大橋完太郎
  • Total Pages: 455
  • Publisher: 法政大学出版局
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