An attempt to bridge a historical gap between experimental psychology and philosophy (empiricism/enlightenment)

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530951
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Experimental psychology
Research Institution	Niigata University
Principal Investigator	SUZUKI KOTARO 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (40179205)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	モリヌー問題 / 倒立網膜像問題 / 空間知覚
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to clarify how modern experimental psychology took over philosophical questions on space perception posed by the 17th and 18th philosophers. The study shows that experimental psychologists in the 19th and 20th centuries managed to answer philosophical questions such as Molyneux's question and the inverted-retinal-image question through the research on recovery process after the operation in the congenital blind and the experiments on inverted vision.

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