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A STUDY ON THE RELEVANCE OF ARISTOTLE'S CONCEPT OF 'ENERGEIA' TO THE CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

亚里士多德“能量”概念与当代心灵哲学的相关性研究

基本信息

批准号：
10610005
负责人：
TAKAHASHI Kyuichirou
金额：
$ 1.15万
依托单位：
CHIBA UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
1998
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
1998 至 2000
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

In any contemporary theories of mind the explanation of mind has to refer to the body as a counterpart in the unity of person. This is a rather trivial point, but the concept of mind itself and its relation to the body are in need of clarification.In this project I have examined and argued for the relevance of Aristotle's concept of 'energeia' to those problems of contemporary philosophy of mind.(1) Aristotle formally defines the mind as the form of body, and says that its relation to the body is as of the relation of energeia-dynamis. Unfortunately, Aristotle does not explain this relation definitely. So some scholars argue that the energia-dynamis relation is simply another expression of the form-matter relation, i.e. it shows no advances of the explanation. Against this kind of interpretation I have argued that this relation directs our research-programs to a materialist-like program and is not a trivial one.(2) At the same time, however, I have to admit that there is a severe tension between materialism and teleology in the explanation of Aristotle's theory of mind because of the priority of energeia to dynamis.(3) So I have suggested the idea of the evolution without history, i.e. the evolution embedded in the 'hexis', and tried to develop it in my interpretation of his theory of sense-perception and cosmology.(4) As a result of this project, it becomes clear that the importance and of 'agathos' in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics, so I have applied for the next-term Grant-in Aid for SR.

在任何当代的心灵理论中，对心灵的解释都必须把身体作为人的统一体中的一个对应物。这是一个相当琐碎的问题，但心灵本身的概念及其与身体的关系需要澄清。在这个项目中，我已经检查并论证了亚里士多德的“energeia”概念与当代心灵哲学问题的相关性。(1)亚里士多德正式地把心灵定义为身体的形式，并说心灵与身体的关系就像能量与动力的关系一样。不幸的是，亚里士多德并没有明确地解释这种关系。因此，有些学者认为，能量-动力关系只是形式-物质关系的另一种表达，即它没有显示出解释的进步。与这种解释相反，我认为，这种关系将我们的研究计划导向一个类似唯物主义的计划，而且不是一个微不足道的计划。(2)但同时，我也不得不承认，在亚里士多德的心灵理论的解释中，由于能量优先于动力，唯物主义和目的论之间存在着严重的张力。(3)因此，我提出了没有历史的进化的观点，即嵌入在“历史”中的进化，并试图在我对他的感官知觉理论和宇宙学的解释中发展它。(4)由于这个项目，它变得很清楚，在心灵和形而上学的哲学的重要性和'agathos'，所以我已经申请了下一个学期的赠款援助SR。