A Japanese philosopher who founded the Kyoto School and remains its central figure. Trained in both classical Zen practice and Western philosophy, he developed the concept of absolute nothingness and a logic of place (basho) intended to ground the standing opposition between subject and object, being and non-being, in something more fundamental than either. His 1911 An Inquiry into the Good secured him a position at Kyoto University, from which the school took its name.
Facts
Notable PublicationAn Inquiry into the Good (Zen no Kenkyu, 1911) 1 TraditionKyoto School, Japanese philosophy 1 Connections
Associated With
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Founded By
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
In Branch
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Influenced
Source Tanabe Hajime (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, originated there.
Sources
1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and Informations.v. Nishida Kitaro
Nishida Kitaro was the most significant and influential Japanese philosopher of the twentieth-century.
- Founded By: Kyoto School, s.v. The Kyoto School
- Associated With: Kyoto School
- In Branch: Metaphysics
View the Source Tanabe Hajime (Wikipedia)
WikipediaInfluenced: Tanabe Hajime, Introductory sectionQuote, Influenced: Tanabe Hajime, Introductory section
alongside philosophers Kitaro Nishida (also Tanabe's teacher)
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