著者

喜多 源典

出版者

宗教哲学会

雑誌

宗教哲学研究 (ISSN:02897105)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, pp.69-81, 2020-03-31 (Released:2020-07-09)

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This paper examines the philosophy of “All being is contracted conversely by its absolute empty” by Suzuki Tohru, who systematically developed upon Nishida Kitaro’s philosophy, and highlights the significance of the possibility of the critical succession of “Philosophy of Action,” which was aimed at in Nishida’s later thought. After authoring Fundamental Problems of Philosophy - The World of Action (1933), Nishida Kitaro attempted to construct his own philosophy from a “viewpoint of action.” However, there are various problems in Nishida’s attempt to create a “Philosophy of Action.” For example, Miki Kiyoshi criticized “the weakness of the process-based nature of the finite world itself” in Nishida’s philosophy. Although Miki, Tanabe Hajime, and Takizawa Katsumi sought to develop methods to overcome this problem, the construction of “Philosophy of Action” remains a work in progress. In this paper, we will show that Suzuki Tohru’s philosophy of “all being is contracted conversely by its absolute empty” can be critically inherited from Nishida’s “Philosophy of Action.” We consider this from the viewpoint of the “Philosophy of action” while conducting a comparative examination of the philosophy of Nishida, Miki, and Takizawa and that of Suzuki Tohru.

著者

喜多 源典

出版者

西田哲学会

雑誌

西田哲学会年報 (ISSN:21881995)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, pp.91-105, 2020 (Released:2022-03-11)

著者

喜多 源典

出版者

西田哲学会

雑誌

西田哲学会年報 (ISSN:21881995)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, pp.57-75, 2015 (Released:2020-03-21)

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Most conventional understandings of Nishida’s philosophy locate Nishida’s later thought in the context of the “pure experience” of his early period. However, after the publication of “Self-conscious Realization of Nothingness”(1932)in his middle period, some aspects of Nishida’s thought represent clear departures from this context. The concepts of “others” and “transcendence” cannot be fully captured in the context of pure experience, which is principally concerned with the “unity of self and other” and “unity of man and god”. Namely these concepts will eventually be clarified starting from the middle period of “Self-conscious Realization of Nothingness”. This paper traces the transformation of Nishida’s thought with reference to the twin perspectives of others and transcendence. I particularly wish to problematize the relationship between the “acting self in the historical world” that appears in the late Nishida and the“absolute”discussed in his final essay“The Logic of Locus and a Religious Worldview(” 1945). I do so with the belief that understanding this particular relationship will lead to a final comprehension of the problems of others and transcendence in Nishida’s philosophy. While presenting this key discussion, the paper may also be considered an attempt to reconsider the entirety of Nishida’s philosophy from the perspectives of others and transcendence.