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Investigations on the Concept of the World from the Viewpoint of Contemporary Ontology
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- Kitamura Naoaki
- Principal Investigator
- 京都大学
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- MORITA Kohei
- Research Collaborator
- 京都大学
About This Project
- Japan Grant Number
- JP16K16683 (JGN)
- Funding Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Funding Organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kakenhi Information
- Project/Area Number
- 16K16683
- Research Category
- Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
- Allocation Type
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- Multi-year Fund
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Humanities and Social Sciences > Humanities > Philosophy > Philosophy/Ethics
- Research Institution
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- Kyoto University
- Project Period (FY)
- 2016-04-01 〜 2018-03-31
- Project Status
- Completed
- Budget Amount*help
- 2,340,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 1,800,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 540,000 Yen)
Research Abstract
The present research aims to elucidate the metaphysical nature of the world as a whole on the basis of the basic concepts in contemporary ontology. In particular, we tackled the following four tasks: (1) the examination of the tenability of metaphysical monism; (2) the examination of the tenability of the layered conception of the world; (3) the elucidation of the relationship between existence and nonexistence; (4) the elucidation of the metaphysical conflict between realism and antirealism. As a result, we revealed the theoretical advantages and the metametaphysical foundations of the monistic position according to which the world as a whole is the most fundamental entity with a layered structure that comprises various kinds of derivative objects and facts as its parts.