4 0 0 0 OA アイルランドの哲学・思想 ( 芸術・宗教・科学を含む )
4 0 0 0 OA 書評
1 0 0 0 OA 書評
1 0 0 0 IR バークリーの「記号説」と自然の科学的認識
- 著者
- 中野 安章
- 出版者
- 三田哲學會
- 雑誌
- 哲学 (ISSN:05632099)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.133, pp.23-56, 2014-03
投稿論文Throughout his philosophical career Berkeley had a deep and consistent concern with the contemporary development of science, in particular Newton's natural philosophy and mathematics. This paper explores Berkeley's engagement with Newton's mechanics from a new perspective by reference to the question about the status of 'knowledge of relations'. Berkeley's introduction of 'relations' as the third-kind objects of knowledge (besides 'ideas' and 'spirits') in the second edition of the Principles has been neglected in the literature. I will argue, however, that the new mention of 'knowledge of relations' is closely interconnected with Berkeley's engagement with Newton's gravitational system of the world. This line of interpretation is elaborated by showing the hitherto unnoticed link between the introduction of 'knowledge of relations' in the Principles and 'the doctrine of signs' developed in his middle-period work Alciphron. What is remarkable about Berkeley's discussion of 'the doctrine of signs' in Alciphron is his clear recognition of the essential use of symbols in the progress of scientific knowledge. This recognition indicates the development of Berkeley's view of scientific laws. In the first edition of the Principles, he simply equated Newton's law of gravitation with phenomenal similitude, but the Alciphron view takes into account the essential role of 'analysis' in the discovery of gravitational law―how symbols have heuristic significance in the discovery of pervasive 'analogies' which underlie phenomena. I will substantiate this point by drawing attention to Berkeley's mention of the parallelogram of force in his exposition of 'the doctrine of signs'.
1 0 0 0 OA 西洋近世哲学における「自然法則」の概念
本研究テーマ「西洋近世哲学における「自然法則」の概念」を、二つの研究活動の柱である、1)関連文献の収集、および、その調査成果を研究ウェブサイト「ライプニッツ研究会」にて公開すること、2)各年度に定期的に研究会「ライプニッツ研究会」シンポジウムで上記テーマに関連した専門家を招聘し発表・討議すること、を中心に進めた。具体的には、1)の目的達成のために、上記ウェブサイト「ライプニッツ研究会」を構築する一方、2)のシンポジウム開催のためには、研究会を主宰し、自身も研究会司会ないしは研究成果の発表者として活動した。