Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Date (from‐to) : 2019/04 -2022/03
Author : Hikasa Katsushi
We all find in the history of philosophy the theory of the worlds, for example, of two worlds (of mind and of senses). Also there is the theory of possible worlds derived from the theory of creation-of-this-world by God. On the other hand,in the fields of poetry & literature, we commonly apply the concept of world, which is understood as fictional world contrary to our real world, to each works, for example, the world of Homer's Illiad.
These concepts of world meet at the philosophy/Aesthetics of A.G.Baumgarten in 18th century. Under this viewpoint, our historical study, which has 3 stages i.e. before him, himself, and after him, aims at clarifying the thoughts of relation between theories of world and fictional world.