For the establishment of "philosophical practice" as a domain of philosophy

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25580006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: Kono Tetsuya 立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (60384715)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TERADA Toshiro 上智大学, 文学部, 教授 (00339574) ; MOCHIDUKI Taro 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (50239571)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 哲学実践 / 哲学対話 / 子どものための哲学 / 哲学カフェ / 哲学カウンセリング / 企業内哲学対話

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to establish philosophical practice in Japan. Philosophical practice is the social practice to argue the various problems in the real world using a way of philosophical dialogue mainly, and to achieve mutual understanding and problem solving. As outcomes, I succeeded in carrying on philosophical dialogues at more than 20 places such as schools, libraries, and daycare centres nationwide and in introducing them to regular curriculum in several schools. Philosophy for children has spread quite nationwide in these 3 years. I invited some specialists from foreign countries to introduce philosophical counseling. Concerning philosophical dialogues in companies, I developed a program and established some pilot courses. I translated two important books and published introductory books. I established a NPO for philosophy practice as well as an association for specialists and researchers named Japanese Association for Philosophical Practice.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学