共同研究・競争的資金等の研究課題

2016年10月 - 2019年3月

現代の日本の神経科学のツール:文化的・哲学的アプローチ

日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 特別研究員奨励費  特別研究員奨励費

課題番号
16F16301
体系的課題番号
JP16F16301
配分額
(総額)
1,400,000円
(直接経費)
1,400,000円
(間接経費)
0円

This last period of the fellowship was dedicated to the study of the interaction between technology and the body of research participants. This study is a subpart of the general project: the development of a philosophical approach of scientific instruments in the philosophy of neuroscience and neuroethics. In this study, I focus on tool use in the laboratory: how tools are connected with the body of research participants? In behavioral and brain sciences, the body of the participant is connected to several technologies through which physiological data is recorded. In order to obtain good quality brain data, a number of constraints are imposed on the body of participants, such as restrictions of movement. I have observed and compared several experiments of neuroscience and psychology, including a rich variety of brain imaging tools (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy). By questioning the conceptions of embodiment behind the use of brain imaging tools, I have shown that different instrumental strategies correspond to different conceptions of embodiment. A paper on this topic has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
Presentations of the study have been held at the World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing University, August 2018, and at East China Normal University (Shanghai), Workshop Body Matters: The Many Faces of Embodied Cognition, August 2018. At the World Congress of Philosophy, a roundtable has also been organized with Tetsuya Kono & Jean-Michel Roy on “New Directions in Embodied Knowledge” (2018.8.17).

リンク情報
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16F16301
ID情報
  • 課題番号 : 16F16301
  • 体系的課題番号 : JP16F16301