International Association for
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Sixth Annual World Conference:
ONE, MANY, AND OTHER, PROSPECTS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC, POST-COLD-WAR POLYCENTRIC WORLD
August 16-17, 2023
Official Program
Organized by:
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Dept. of Religious Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Co-sponsored by:
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Dept. of Religious Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dept. of Philosophy, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dept. of Asian Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Young Memorial Trust at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dept. of Japanese Philosophy, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
The East Asian Academy for New Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo (EAA)
Welcome to the 6th annual conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy and its first meeting in continental North America. The IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in contributing to the contemporary world faced with differences and difficulties; and 3) developing a solid network for researchers working on Japanese philosophy. The conference will inquire into the prospects for planetary coexistence in a post-Cold War, post-pandemic, and plural world, and the contribution Japanese philosophy—ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary—can offer in this regard. “Coexistence” can be for a politically plural world amongst peoples or nations, or even within a nation, especially in light of recent wars and divisions, international and domestic. “Coexistence” may also be for ecological sustenance with nature, other species, other beings, etc. How are we to face ecological, economic, or viral threats (e.g., the pandemic) without falling into totalitarian or inhumane measures in an increasingly divisive landscape? In the face of others, are we one or many? And in what sense? What contributions can Japanese philosophy offer here? The conference aims to foster civil and intellectual discussions on the topic and encourage further research. This is the first meeting of the IAJP in North America. Previous conferences were held in Fukuoka (Japan), Taipei (Taiwan), Beijing (China), Honolulu (US), and Kyoto (Japan). Next year (2024) we will meet in Rome (Italy).
This conference is dedicated to the memory of Carol Oberbrunner who was Assistant Profess of Philosophy; and Fay Botham who was Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Annual Conference 2023 August 16-17
Official Program
8/16 Wednesday
8:30-9:30 (Vandervort): Registration & light breakfast (provided)
9:45-10:00 (Vandervort): Welcome address:
10:00-10:45 (Vandervort): Keynote 1:
11:00-12:00 (Vandervort): Session 1: Nishida and Tanabe
12:00-1:30 (Saga): Lunch (on own)
1:30-3:00 (Stern 201): Session 2: Watsuji and the Environment
3:15-4:45 (Stern 201): Session 3: Ethics of Play in the Kyoto School Tradition; chaired by Yuko Ishihara
5:00~: Dinner (not provided) at local restaurants
8/17 Thursday
9:00-10:30 (Stern 201): Session 4: Perspectives on Watsuji
10:45-11:45 (Stern 201): Session 5: Perspectives on Nishida
12:30-1:30 (Vandervort): Lunch (provided)
1:45-2:30 (Vandervort): Keynote 2:
3:00-4:00 (Stern 201): Session 6: Religion and Philosophy
4:15-5:15 (Stern 201): Session 7: Political Philosophy
5:30-6:15 (Vandervort): Keynote 3:
6:30-8:15 (Vandervort): Reception dinner (provided)
August 16 Wednesday
Keynote Speech 1: 10:00-10:45am (Vandervort)
CY Cheung, chair
Ningengaku in an Era of Isolation
Thomas P. Kasulis
University Distinguished Scholar, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Studies
The Ohio State University, USA
Today we enjoy instantaneous global communication, lightning-speed transfer of information, convenient international travel, and mushrooming world trade. Yet, human isolation seems only to have increased. Social media has transformed “friend” into a transient, virtual relation between yourself and a potentially limitless number of others. The workplace may be a desk in your private residence with a personal computer rather than an office building. Chat rooms are as likely to link you to AI robots as to other people. The Covid pandemic has accelerated the isolation with distance-learning, home shopping, and movie streaming. Geopolitically, nativism and political/economic isolationism are on the rise, while the short-term self-interests of nation states block international cooperation addressing climate change.
Our modern Western philosophical anthropologies alone cannot adequately mitigate this isolation. Most depend on notions of individualism: autonomy, individual rights, freedom of expression, privacy, and the cultivation of personal satisfaction. However central such principles may be to a liberal democracy, they can also easily nurture radical isolationism.
Watsuji Tetsurō 和辻哲郎offers a more traditionally Japanese philosophical anthropology based in betweenness and interdependence. That includes not only his analysis of human being as ningen 人間, but also his examination of the synergy between the human and the surrounding natural and cultural milieu as developed in his theory of fūdo 風土. Using those ideas to supplement our modern Western philosophical anthropologies, I will outline a more full-bodied approach to the crises of isolation we face today.
Yet, we should also ask why Japanese philosophy has done so little to mitigate isolation in Japan itself. Such well-documented issues include the dissolution of family bonds and the prominence of phenomena like the hikikomori shut-ins and isolated otaku geeks. My conclusion will suggest at least a partial answer.
Session 1: 11:00am-12:00pm (Vandervort):
Nishida and Tanabe
Subjectifying Society: An Enactive Approach to Coexistence in Tanabe Hajime’s Social Ontology
Urai Satoshi
Hokkaido University, Japan
Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962) developed a social ontology known as the “logic of species” between 1934 and 1941. In this logic, he argued that the only way for humanity to coexist was to establish, in each nation, a “humane State” (人類的国家) capable of sharing prosperity among nations. In order to develop this State, he claimed that people must perform “self-sacrifice,” which is the only means to their “self-realization” as members of the State. While this idea of “self-sacrifice-sive-self-realization” is based on the Aristotelian concept of zoon politikon and was initially borrowed from Karl Jaspers’ Philosophy II (1932), needless to say, it is problematic and in fact has received much criticism. Tanabe himself admitted that his standpoint risks being misunderstood, although he denies that it is irrational totalitarianism. What, then, is its philosophical significance? In order to clarify Tanabe’s views on coexistence and the concept of “self-sacrifice-sive-self-realization,” this presentation focuses on the related idea of “subjectifying society” and considers these views in light of the enactive approach. It will be argued that what Tanabe aimed to express with the phrase “self-sacrifice-sive-self-realization” implies, not only a particular kind of self-transformation, but also an essential moment in the general formation of societies or groups by their members.
The Self-and-Other Relation in Times of Crisis―an Inquiry into Nishida Philosophy and Tanabe Philosophy
Uehara Mayuko
Kyoto University, Japan
西田の言う「歴史的世界」において、今創造され、見られるこの世界は平時の社会においても、危機感を帯びたものであろう。実際、地球は環境、経済、地政学、国際関係などの危機の時代にあるという意識を、例えば日本の出版業、ジャーナリズム、ある研究者らは共有しているようだ。危機とは多面的、連鎖的、循環的であるように私には思われるが、この発表では、今、日本に目立ってきている孤独な弱い個人とその社会の危機に注意してゆきたい。そしてこの弱い個人という問題を、昭和の危機の時代を生きた西田幾多郎の自他論、および田辺元の社会存在の論理（＝種の論理）のそれぞれに関連づけて、検討する。まず、1. 田辺哲学の核心をなす「種の論理」の構造の内実を確認し、そこには社会存在論の基本単位と言える「我と汝」関係が欠落していることを指摘する。次に、２. 西田の「我と汝」関係には対等性という特徴を浮き彫りにし、前向きに評価した上で、現実社会への適用が困難な点を確認する。3. 再び田辺哲学に戻り、他力の観点が加わる「「種の論理」以降の自他関係」論に、弱い個人を視野に入れる可能性があるのかを検討する。
田辺の論理は強い個人を要請しているように見えるが、現実の多様な人間には孤独な弱い個人が含まれる。発表者の主張は、彼らを放棄せず個人として生かす哲学が、求められなければならないということだ。
The world, in what Nishida calls the “historical world,” created and seen at this moment must be tinged with a sense of crisis, even within a society in peaceful times. In fact, publishers, journalists, and certain researchers in Japan share the awareness that the globe is in an period of crisis in terms of the environment, economy, geopolitics and international relations. It seems to me that crises are multifaceted, interlinked, and cyclical, but in this presentation I would like to draw attention to the crisis of the lonely and weak individual and their society, conspicuous today in Japan. We will examine this problem of the weak individual in relation to Nishida Kitarō's theory of self-and-other, and to Tanabe Hajime's logic of social existence（or logic of species). Both of them are the philosophers who lived through the crisis of the Showa era. 1. First, we will confirm the content of the structure of the "logic of species” that forms the core of Tanabe philosophy, and indicate its lack of the "I and Thou" relation, which can be said to be the fundamental unit of social existence. 2. Next, on the basis of highlighting and positively evaluating the equality which characterizes the "I and Thou" relation in Nishida, we will confirm the difficulty of applying his theory to actual societies. 3. Returning again to Tanabe philosophy, we will examine whether it is possible to include weak individuals in the visual field in his theory of the self-other-relation after his "Logic of Species" to which the perspective of “other-power” (salvation by faith) (他力) is added.
Tanabe's logic seems to require strong individuals, but in reality, the diversity of human beings include lonely and weak individuals. My claim here is that we need to seek a philosophy that enlivens them as individuals instead of abandoning them.
Session 2: 1:30-3:00pm (Stern 201):
Watsuji and the Environment
Climate in the Age of “Countries that Have” and “Countries that Have-Not”: Hayashi Tatsuo’s Geopolitical Critique of Watsuji Tetsurō’s Climate
Kyle Peters
Chinese University of Hong Kong
This presentation takes as its subject Hayashi Tatsuo’s critique of Watsuji Tetsurō, focusing especially on Hayashi’s 1938 “Fate of Thought” and Watsuji’s 1935 Climate: An Anthropological Consideration. Its aim is twofold. First, to introduce anglophone scholars to the work of Hayashi—an understudied Kyoto School philosopher, co-editor (with Watsuji) of Iwanami’s Shisō, and major force in the world of modern Japanese literary criticism. And second, to tease out Hayashi’s disguised critique of Watsuji’s theory of climate, and in particular, his foregroudning its disconnect with contemporary Japan’s place on a “world map [that] seems to have become so simple that it can be categorized into two or three different colors: ‘countries that have’ and ‘countries that have-not,’ or ‘democratic states’ and ‘totalitarian states.’” As I read it, Hayashi is questioning the legitimacy and applicability of climate as a concept in a—to connect with the conference theme—not-so-polycentric cold war world order.
Fūdo As Terruño
Cheung Ching-yuen
University of Tokyo, Japan
Fūdo (風土) is a concept developed by Watsuji Tetsurō (1889-1960), a modern Japanese philosopher. The Japanese concept has been translated into English, German and Spanish as “climate.” However, Augustin Berque tried to translate the notion as milieu. What is Berque’s understanding of milieu? For Berque, milieu is both natural and cultural; it is both subjective and objective; and it is both collective and individual. This idea can be found in Watsuji, but Berque’s ambition is to further develop fūdo as a “fūdo-logy,” or in his own word, “mesology.” Here, I believe the French word milieu cannot capture the rich meanings of nature and culture. Therefore, I have been translating fūdo with the French word terroir. While I explained my understanding of terrior to my Mexican colleagues in 2019, I was told that the Spanish word terruño does not only mean terroir, but it also means “homeland.” They say that the national flag of Ukraine is about the landscape of blue sky and yellow wheat field, but I would rather suggest it is an aesthetic expression of wind and earth (fūdo). Fūdo is not merely milieu or terroir, but can also be understood as terruño (homeland). Without doubt, we are facing a crisis of the homelessness (desterramiento): the blue wind and yellow land of the homeland of Ukrainians are replaced by grey sky and bloody scenes in battlefields. In this sense, fūdology has to condemn the destruction of terruño on one hand, and to revitalize the terruño on the other.
Session 3: 3:15-4:45pm (Stern 201):
Ethics of Play in the Kyoto School Tradition
Yuko Ishihara, Ritsumeikan University, Chair
Subjectivity, Refined and Inflected: Play in Early Nishitani
Sova P.K. Cerda
Kyoto University, Japan
Early readers of Nishitani Keiji’s translated works (especially, Religion and Nothingness and The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism) commented on an apparent “slighting” attitude toward Western philosophy (O’Leary 1991), leading some to speculate about Nishitani’s “anti-intellectualism” (Phillips 1987) and others to question his ability to grapple with basic ethical issues (Little 1989). Yet, such judgments might be hasty. These works were not originally written for readership abroad and many of their arguments appear with greater detail elsewhere (his Studies in Aristotle being a prominent example). While only a sliver of Nishitani’s works has received critical study, an even greater dearth exists apropos Nishitani’s early thought. This presentation aims to begin addressing this lacuna by considering “play” in early Nishitani.
Nishitani’s early notion of “play” sheds light on his early commitments as regards subjectivity. In the first section, I introduce Nishitani’s early claim that “working for the purpose of working is play (Spiel),” exemplary of which is the production of fine art. I then trace this claim to Nishitani’s treatment of fine art in the 1926 “Kant’s Aesthetic Ideas.” In section two, I argue that there Nishitani persuasively innovates on Kant’s theory of apperception. Even the most basic levels of sensuous life, so my reading goes, involve the participative work of subjectivity, a work that can, as in art, be refined. Although it is not yet clear how these early commitments hold over into Nishitani’s later thought, this presentation aims to make a beginning in fleshing out Nishitani’s position vis-à-vis the Western classics.
Gadamer and Ueda on the “Playful” Encounter with the Other
Yuko Ishihara
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
In the context of giving an account of how genuine understanding of an artwork occurs, Gadamer introduces the idea of the “play of understanding.” Contrary to the idea that the spectator looks for the hidden meaning of the artwork in the work itself, Gadamer tells us that the meaning of the artwork is brought forth in the back and forth movement between the spectator and the artwork. Extending this analysis to the I-Thou relation, Gadamer develops an account of a genuine encounter with the other that highlights the dynamic nature of the inter-play of understanding that makes possible such encounter.
What is striking is that we find a somewhat similar analysis of a genuine encounter with the other in Ueda Shizuteru. Drawing on examples from renku and Zen mondo, Ueda analyzes what the Zen Buddhist tradition has called the “dialogue of the mutual exchange of host and guest” (賓主互換の問答). According to Ueda, a genuine encounter, which he also says is “playful”, happens when there is a free exchange of roles between the host (I, we) and the guest (you). Particularly interesting is his claim that the kind of understanding that takes place in such an encounter is much more radical than Gadamer’s “fusion of horizons.” By drawing out both the parallels and the differences between the two thinkers, I will attempt to clarify the nature of the play that is involved in a genuine encounter with the other.
Games, Rules, and Spoilsports: Problems of the (Alleged) Anti-subjectivism in Kyoto School Philosophy
Hans Peter Liederbach
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
In post-Heideggerian philosophy, particularly in Gadamer, the notion of play is utilized to reveal the aporiai of Reflexionsphilosophie in German Idealism. Playing on the notion of play serves the purpose of showing that human self-understanding finds its limits at the facticity of (in Heidegger’s terminology) thrownness. As the image of play is to invoke, human existence ought to be understood as primordially being imbedded in its world (which, for Gadamer, means to submit oneself to the transmission-event of effective-history).
As has been shown, Gadamer’s objections to German Idealism, particularly Hegel, is an expressionof a specific historical constellation, which was formed by Husserl’s and Heidegger’s attack on psychologism, Nietzsche’s deconstruction of the subject, and the various appeals to the finitude of thought in post-Nietzschean thinking. Since, fueled by the reawakened interest in Kant and post-Kantian philosophy from the nineteen-eighties on, these anti-subjectivist strands of thought themselves have come under attack, it is time to reassess the potential, the notion of play has for human self-understanding.
Pertinent in this regard are the understanding of rule-following in post-Wittgensteinean pragmatics, and the various dimensions of normativity as being constitutive for our sense-making practices, which are emphasized in recent scholarship on Kant and Hegel. Harking back to these concepts, I will first discuss Gadamer’s notion of play, before, in a second step, I will turn to the Kyoto School, particularly Nishitani and Ohashi. As will be shown, bringing into play the notion of play enables us to identify some of the problems connected to the (alleged) anti-subjectivism in Kyoto School philosophy.
August 17 Thursday
Session 4: 9:00-10:30am (Stern 201):
Perspectives on Watsuji
The Ethics of Everyday Actions
Laura Specker Sullivan
Fordham University, NY, USA
The problems of the world often seem very large: pandemics, nuclear disasters, global warming, and so on. By contrast, the small changes we make in response – wearing a mask, turning down the thermostat, using less plastic – seem very small. In this paper, I highlight how the attention to everyday existence found in the work of diverse scholars of both Japanese aesthetics (e.g., Saito Yuriko, Kuki Shuzo, and Okakura Kakuzo) and Japanese ethics (e.g., Dogen Zenji, Watsuji Tetsuro, and Erin McCarthy) can be understood as a response to this anxiety about the status of the world. This strain of ethical-aesthetic Japanese thought attends to everyday objects and customs not as a form of myopia or selfishness, but out of an understanding of how the activity of human existence mediates the relationship between the one and the many.
Watsuji Tetsurō, G.H. Mead, and Prosocial Contextual Behavioral Science
Anton Sevilla-Liu
Kyushu University, Japan
Japanese ethicist Watsuji Tetsurō, Pragmatist philosopher G.H. Mead, and contemporary Contextual Behavioral Scientists Paul Atkins, David Wilson, and Steven Hayes’ Prosocial Approach all share a radically relational approach to the human being. They draw from markedly different sources: Buddhism and Confucianism for Watsuji, pragmatism and behaviorism for G.H. Mead, and evolutionary science, economics, and Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) for Atkins et al. They also emerged in remarkably different contexts and historical periods. Yet despite these differences, they converge deeply on three main points.
The first point is the non-duality of subject and object, where all three approaches see our lived reality as both meaningful (subjective) and part of behaving in a materially constrained environment (objective). Prosocial and Mead approach this through a combination of evolutionary science and human sciences like economics and psychology. Watsuji however shows the philosophical side of this through the clash between idealism and materialism in ethical thought, and his unique approach to the question of milieu (fûdo).
The second point is the non-duality of individual and community, where all three approaches see human behavior as both individual and relational, necessitating multiple levels of understanding in order to properly model meaningful action. Watsuji argues this philosophically, looking at individualist approaches to ethics and authenticity and pitting them against more communitarian approaches. Mead validates this psychologically, looking at the relational structure of thought. And Prosocial does this via a unique approach to Multi-Level Selection (MLS) theory and a group approach to behaviorism.
And third, these theoretical points give shared implications for the application of ethics to education, particularly the question of individual vs. group values. This is a part where Watsuji and Mead are relatively weak, and perhaps the contemporary movement Prosocial can shine by showing how these philosophical ideas might be applied in the world today.
There’s Nothing To It: Kū, Compassion, and Extended Cognition in Watsujian Epistemology
Steve Bein
University of Dayton
By Watsuji Tetsurō’s lights, “One, Many, and Other” are holographic: each comprises the others in a polycentric matrix of intersubjectivity. Much has been written on how this is reflected in his ethics, far less on its role in his epistemology. According to Watsuji, we do not only act in the emptiness between persons, but much of our cognition happens in that betweenness as well. Indeed, for Watsuji subjective experience itself takes place in the emptiness between person and person. We discover ourselves through our openness to others, and so our subjective experience is shared. Linguistic expression comes second to our first medium of this experience, which is the body itself: posture, gesture, facial expression, and so on. Watsuji calls this “the practical interconnection of acts” (jissenteki kōiteki renkan 実践的行為的連関), and he says it is basic to our cognition.
It is a bold position to be sure. To say I do not infer your emotional states, but rather experience them in the emptiness that is intrinsic to human cognition, is the polar opposite of Descartes’s cogito. But phenomenologically speaking, Watsuji’s position is arguably the more convincing. Furthermore, it is echoed in both traditional Buddhist epistemology (compassionate wisdom is predicated on knowing other minds) and cutting-edge cognitive science (the extended mind thesis). This paper presents the argument that Watsuji’s anti-Cartesian epistemology has surer footing than Descartes’s epistemology, and that Descartes’ conclusion ought to have been cogito ergo sumus, I think therefore we are.
Session 5: 10:45-11:45am (Stern 201):
Perspectives on Nishida
Is There a Concept of Forgiveness in Nishida’s Discussion of Love?
Dennis Stromback
University of Tokyo, Japan
This presentation begins with an investigation of Nishida Kitarō’s discussion of love in Zen no Kenkyū. What Nishida claims in his early work is that love and knowledge are two different manifestations of the same fundamental reality. He writes: “To know a thing we must love it, and to love a thing we must know it.” What Nishida is drawing attention to here is how the awakening of no-self (via knowing) is grounded in acts of love. It is the deep union of subject and object, where the self is casted away and unites with the other. Bear in mind that Nishida’s view of love here is borrowed from Buddhist notions of compassion in which care and attention is given to the other in times of suffering. Like Buddhism, which seeks to liberate others from the causes of suffering, Nishida’s view of love is the expression of the self dissolving into the other—in other words, the self negates itself in order to further establish the other. But what I ultimately want to argue in this presentation is that we can carve out an account of forgiveness based on Nishida’s view of love in his early work. That is to say, if forgiveness is a practice of a higher form of love, as it is commonly believed, then love, as the groundwork of the non-dual self, is nothing other than the practice of forgiveness, and forgiveness is nothing other than repeated acts of love. The axiom of human life is co-existence, but conflict and divisions seem to be more of the rule of the day, which speak to the importance of recovering the lost art of forgiveness. This presentation seeks to re-assert forgiveness, as drawn from Nishida’s view of love, with the hope of healing and addressing the fragmentations that prevent dialogue between warring factions.
Why Hegel, Not Kant?
Rainer Schulzer
Toyo University, Japan
For the non-initiated reader of Kyoto-School philosophy, a certain affinity between Nishida and Hegel seems to suggest itself. In 1929, Heidegger may have been the first to verbalize this impression. Based on the German translations of three of Nishida's essays in Die intelligible Welt (1943), the young German philosopher Wolfgang Harich (stepson of the musician Eta Harich-Schneider) planned to give a lecture in Berlin in 1944 in which he would characterize Nishida's philosophy as the "the rebirth of German Idealism in the womb of East Asian mysticism." Finally, in 1937 Nishida himself admitted that "My thought today owes a lot to Hegel. I think that it is closer to Hegel than to any other [philosopher]. At the same time, I have a lot to say to Hegel, too."
The question "Why Hegel, not Kant?" may be answered by certain features of East Asian Buddhist metaphysics that can be meaningfully compared with Hegel's dialectics. Thinking of British idealism, which was a powerful philosophical movement in the second half of the 19th century, there was also no need to "revive idealism" for it to be influential in Japan. Besides such broader perspectives in intellectual history, however, there is also one circumstance in particular that can be viewed as being pivotal in the turn away from Kant towards Hegel. That is the lecturing of Ernest F. Fenollosa at early Tokyo University.
In August 2023, I will be working at Yale University's Beinecke Library editing Fenollosa's philosophy lectures as noted by Kanai Noburu. In my presentation at the 2023 IAJP conference, I will report on Fenollosa's criticism of Kant, and his understanding of Hegel, based on the new materials. The investigation of Kant's early reception in Japan is part of a broader research effort for the upcoming 300th anniversary of Kant's birthday in 2024.
Keynote Speech 2: 1:45-2:30pm (Vandervort)
Leah Kalmanson, chair
Facing the Non-Human Other: Buddha-Nature and Ethical Responsibility in Dōgen and Tanabe
Shūdō Brian Schroeder
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
The notion of “coexistence” finds expression in the philosophically complex concept of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda), which is a fundamental cornerstone in Buddhist metaphysics, epistemology, and psychology. Mahāyāna Buddhism viewed this concept as closely associated with the teaching on emptiness or boundlessness (śūnyatā), the view that all phenomenal reality and experience is devoid of any essential and substantial identity. Early expressions of Buddhism interpreted Buddha-nature as pertaining only to sentient beings, but later this was extended in Chinese Buddhism to include insentient beings and objects. Eihei Dōgen developed this idea and formed the basis for an ecological thinking that has great resonance for the world today, especially given our current state of crisis in this regard. This paper develops Dōgen’s views in relation to the notion of ethical responsibility found in the later philosophy of Tanabe Hajime with brief reference to some Western standpoints.
Session 6: 3:00-4:00pm (Stern 201):
Religion and Philosophy
Toward a Zen Buddhist Political Philosophy: An Experimental Dialogue Between Deleuze & Guattari and Dōgen
Griffin Werner
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
In this presentation, I will discuss how Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of the body without organs (BwO) can be helpful for conceiving of a politics of Zen Buddhism that accounts for how groups of people dedicated to the ethical ideals of compassion and wisdom can still find themselves in support of fascism. I argue that practicing zazen can be understood as a practice of making oneself a BwO. Zazen is a method of de-organizing and de-hierarchizing the body to penetrate the world and see it in its emptiness and interdependence. It is a practice of making oneself a “zazen body,” one that is vulnerable enough and in attunement with the world such that it can experience objects from their mode of being in their interdependence with the self rather than from a separated subject-object perspective. However, as Zen’s complicity with and support of the imperialist Japanese government during WWII tells us, dedicating oneself to the practice of zazen in order to achieve liberation and experience infinite wisdom and compassion does not necessarily lead to a politics of liberation. Like any becoming or change, there is genuine risk involved in dedicating oneself to a practice of making oneself a BwO. However, the potential reward is insight into newness that may also lead to solutions to contemporary ethical and political problems. However, in the case of Zen during Japanese imperialism, the BwO of Zen led to the support of fascism rather than its critique from a Zen inspired point of view.
Kami, Bodhisattva, Jina: The Multiple Identities of Religious Diversity in Jainism and Buddhism
Leah Kalmanson
University of North Texas, USA
The term “polytheism” is not a compliment in the philosophy of religion. That is, whereas belief in a universal and transcendent God may be seen as rationally defensible, belief in anything else is relegated to the realm of superstition. This presentation, in contrast, takes seriously the plurality and locality of spiritual beings. In it, we investigate various attempts in both Jainism and Buddhism to navigate relations between devas, jinas, buddhas, bodhisattvas, and kami. We look in particular at Heian-era Japanese scholars who theorized about relations between the kami and foreign spiritual entities such as Buddhist bodhisattvas, at Edo and Meiji scholars who sought ways to put the kami on a par with the so-called universal and transcendent “Deus” of Christian missionaries, and at contemporary Buddhist-Jain interactions in East Asia. Throughout our exploration of this rich history of engagement with diverse spiritual entities across multiple traditions, we focus on how this philosophical heritage helps us navigate contemporary issues in religion, politics, and ecology.
Session 7: 4:15-5:15pm (Stern 201):
Political Philosophy
The Metaphysics of National Essence: Individual, Environment, and State in the Work of Miyake Setsurei
Richard Stone
Waseda University, Japan
Journalist, philosopher, historian, and member of the nationalistic Seikyosha (政教社) publishing house, Miyake Setsurei (三宅雪嶺, 1860~1945) played a key role in various intellectual movements in Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most specifically, Miyake, alongside his compatriots in the Seikyosha, spearheaded the movement to preserve Japan’s “national essence (国粋, kokusui)” in the face of – what they perceived as – uncritical Westernization during the Meiji period (1868~1912). Indeed, Setsurei was a leader in the charge to identify which aspects of Japanese culture needed preservation or were otherwise unique to the Japanese people.
Yet, while Miyake’s role in these movements – and his potential relation to the growth of nationalism in 20th century Japan – has been largely recognized by historians, the precise content of his thought has rarely been critically analyzed. However, given not only that questions concerning identity and uniqueness in relation to nationalism are not only still relevant to our post-cold war society, but also that thorough analyses of discourse on kokusui can give us a better grasp on the history of nationalism in Japan, his work should not be left alone in this way. Hence, here I will provide a brief overview Setsurei’s political philosophy, and thus attempt to search for the metaphysical basis of the kokusui movement can be found in an “organic” relation between individual, state, and environment, as well as identify potential clues for further understanding nationalism and identity in a contemporary setting.
The Chinese “Overcoming Modernity” Ideology
Bernard Stevens
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
After the opening up to the world market in the 1980s and the economic take-off during four consecutive decades, Xi Jinping's seizure of power in 2012 ushered in a period of increasing Communist Party control over all aspects of social life, including intellectual ones. A reflection on the history of China is now promoted in university studies with a strong reexamination of its imperial past. Renouncing the unequivocal rupture advocated by Maoism, it is a relative continuity that is now put forward - but going hand in hand with a rejection of the liberal impulse of the first Chinese revolution, that of 1911, and of the « modern » republican period which followed it until the communist revolution of 1949. Contemporary China is thus reconnecting in an ambiguous way with pre-modern China, emphasizing it’s own specificity, the only one capable to overcoming jointly the failures of Sovietism and Americanism. It is in this context that "Chinese values" are displayed, proclaimed universal and intended to replace the values of European Enlightenment, that are considered only « regional » . And it is also in this context that a re-evaluation of the ancient notion of tianxia 天下 ("everything that exists under the same sky ») is meant to redefine China's role in the world. After two centuries marked by Western imperialism, it is China's turn to establish in the 21st century — overcoming current Western modernity — an “egalitarian and harmonious” world, according to the official ideology, whereas in reality, the notion of tianxia actually designated an imperial order establishing a hierarchical, authoritarian and exclusive balance of power between superiors and inferiors, civilized and barbarians. This is the background against which we can see a remake of the Japanese « overcoming modernity » ideology. Wang Hui’s essay on « Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity » (1997) will be here our main guide.
Keynote Speech 3: 5:30-6:15pm (Vandervort)
Uehara Mayuko, chair
Unexpected Coalescence? Nishida, Yogacara, and the New Directions in Phenomenology
Michiko Yusa
Western Washington University, USA
1. NITTA Yoshihiro was a Japanese phenomenologist, who was introduced to Nishida Kitarō's writings in the early 1990s by UEDA Shizuteru, and who had the good fortune of reading Nishida's texts closely together with IZUTSU Toshihiko, with Ueda as the "discussion leader." (Nitta 1998, "postscript," 231-32)
2. Nitta, who brought his vast knowledge of Husserl and Heidegger to this "encounter," discovered, somewhat unexpectedly (?), much in Nishida's thought that was hitherto neglected by those who were trained in western philosophy. He realized also that the traditional hermeneutical constructions developed around Nishida's thought by the Japanese "Kyoto School" professors and students came with their own baggage, and, thus, limitations.
3. Nitta encapsulates the basic movement of the direction of phenomenological inquiry in Europe, from the start to the post-Husserlian and post-Heiderggerian phase, in three stages:
(i) Husserl's phenomenological reduction, which attempted to pull away from the uncritical substantive thinking (jittaika-teki shii)—the attitude so ingrained in human thinking—was gradually enriched by the notion of horizon.
(ii) Husserl's "intentionality" of consciousness, and the "horizon"—the domain of meaning—did make significant philosophical contributions, but Husserl went beyond these early formulation, by investigating into the "other ego," and came to develop the view of "Lebenswelt" and intersubjectivity.
(iii) The post-Husserlian movement is on the rise, away from the "horizontal thinking" towards a "vertical thinking" that turns its investigation to the phenomena consciousness itself, which concerns the "appearance" and "concealing" of phenomenon. This reflection is characterized by the "self-negation" of subjectivity/consciousness in facing deeper nature of consciousness, or Heidegger's "Schritt zurück" (step back) (Nitta 1998, 151, also 156-57).
4. Nitta next places this "inward" (and "vertical") turn of phenomenology side by side with the ancient Indian Buddhist thought of Yogācāra school, which upheld that all phenomena are "mental representations." This is to "phenomenalize all things," (i.e., non-substantialize things), and as such its approach appears congenial with Husserlian phenomenology, although the Yogācāra starting point of the investigation and the aim are different, in that the ultimate aim was to "transform" the mundane consciousness into awakened consciousness to achieve "moksha" (liberation from the ills and sufferings caused by the egocentric worldview). (cf. Nitta 1998, 152-56)
5. Nitta, however, falls short of sorting out one essential Yogācāra point—the distinction of (a) "consciousness" (vijñāna), (b) "ego-maker" or "ego-tinted-consciousness" (manas), and (c) the "root consciousness" or "storehouse consciousness" (ālāya-vijñāna)—the last two layers of consciousness belonging to the realm of "subconscious." In Japanese, traditionally, these three "layers" of the mind ("kokoro") are termed as "shiki" 識, "i" 意, and "shin" 心to distinguish their function. (Yusa 2023.)
6. Nitta's analysis of the Yogācāra's "three nature theory" (the three modes of cognition) is thus not complete, but nevertheless he succeeded in drawing important parallels between Husserl and Yogācāra, as for instance:
6.1. Concerning the "awakened" mode of viewing the world (one of the three natures of cognition that Yogācāra speaks of), called the "well-rounded view" (parinispanna svabhāva), Nitta explains it as referring to the "un-manifested world" 現れない世界 (nicht-enscheinende Welt), which "comes to pass" (genjō suru), when the world manifests itself at its momentum of "me-on" (世界の現れが非・存在と化するところに現成する). "This is the intuition of ālāya-vijñāna, which by definition cannot be objectified, and yet in which we see the truth," as Nitta puts it. (Nitta 1998, 156)
7. Going back to Nitta's observation of a new "direction" of post-Husserlian post-Heidegerian phenomenology, this "well-rounded view" of Yogācārins resonates with the recent phenomenological movements. Nitta especially mentions the summer colloquium on Fink that took place at Cerisy-la-Salle in Normandy, France, in 1994, where the participants paid special attention to the "me-ontic" (i.e., self-negating) "anonymous" activity that was at work behind how the humans and the world establish their relationship, which was present, although not articulated, in Husserl and Heidegger's thinking. Eugen Fink brought up this activity to the forefront of the phenomenological discourse, by considering human beings as the "medium" (baikaisha) (or "actors," Nishida would say). Nitta had been personally acquainted with Fink, and I believe he found himself in agreement with the former colleague-friend. (Nitta 1998, 110, n. 1)
8. Nitta next sees a remarkable coalescence of the "direction" of thought that goes beyond the old-fashioned way of doing "comparative philosophy," which groups and thereby separates, ideas into that of the East and the West. In the awareness of the possibility of a philosophical thought to reach the global height (or depth), Nitta identifies fresh untapped promises that Nishida's thinking houses in terms of global philosophical engagement, while he raises a few questions that Nishida may not have fully treated. (Nitta 1998, 162-64)
9. This present paper is a continuation of my Bogotá investigation (Yusa 2023), and to a great extent my response to Nitta's inquiry. Thus, I will turn to my own analysis of Nishida's infinite sphere in terms of the four-fold (dialectical) aspectual world. The notion of "infinite sphere" certainly goes back to Cusanus, Eckhart, et al., and it also resonates with the Buddhist cosmology. (Yusa 2022) Nishida sees this infinite sphere as constantly being molded in and through the interaction of the "actors" and "environment." My analysis of the "four-fold" aspectual world will provide an answer to Nitta's question of Nishida's thought. The view of the world as the radical mutual determination of the I and the world, and the I as the "medium" but also the "mirror" of the world (—the two aspects of "tsukurareta mono kara tsukuru mono e," and the contradictory self-identity of one and the many—each individual, irreducible, nevertheless coexists with other individuals in space-time-intelligibility continuum), could contribute to further discussion for the phenomenologists, while it could widen the appreciation of those who engage in Nishida's thought.
Sixth Annual World Conference:
ONE, MANY, AND OTHER, PROSPECTS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC, POST-COLD-WAR POLYCENTRIC WORLD
August 16-17, 2023
Official Program
Organized by:
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Dept. of Religious Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Co-sponsored by:
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Dept. of Religious Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dept. of Philosophy, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dept. of Asian Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Young Memorial Trust at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Dept. of Japanese Philosophy, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
The East Asian Academy for New Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo (EAA)
Welcome to the 6th annual conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy and its first meeting in continental North America. The IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in contributing to the contemporary world faced with differences and difficulties; and 3) developing a solid network for researchers working on Japanese philosophy. The conference will inquire into the prospects for planetary coexistence in a post-Cold War, post-pandemic, and plural world, and the contribution Japanese philosophy—ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary—can offer in this regard. “Coexistence” can be for a politically plural world amongst peoples or nations, or even within a nation, especially in light of recent wars and divisions, international and domestic. “Coexistence” may also be for ecological sustenance with nature, other species, other beings, etc. How are we to face ecological, economic, or viral threats (e.g., the pandemic) without falling into totalitarian or inhumane measures in an increasingly divisive landscape? In the face of others, are we one or many? And in what sense? What contributions can Japanese philosophy offer here? The conference aims to foster civil and intellectual discussions on the topic and encourage further research. This is the first meeting of the IAJP in North America. Previous conferences were held in Fukuoka (Japan), Taipei (Taiwan), Beijing (China), Honolulu (US), and Kyoto (Japan). Next year (2024) we will meet in Rome (Italy).
This conference is dedicated to the memory of Carol Oberbrunner who was Assistant Profess of Philosophy; and Fay Botham who was Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
Annual Conference 2023 August 16-17
Official Program
8/16 Wednesday
8:30-9:30 (Vandervort): Registration & light breakfast (provided)
9:45-10:00 (Vandervort): Welcome address:
- John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
- Sarah Kirk, Provost, welcome
10:00-10:45 (Vandervort): Keynote 1:
- CY Cheung, chair
- Thomas Kasulis (Ohio State University): Ningengaku in an Era of Isolation;
11:00-12:00 (Vandervort): Session 1: Nishida and Tanabe
- Leah Kalmanson, chair
- Satoshi Urai (Hokkaido University): Subjectifying Society: An Enactive Approach to Coexistence in Tanabe Hajime’s Social Ontology
- Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University): The Self-and-Other Relation in Times of Crisis: An Inquiry into Nishida Philosophy and Tanabe Philosophy
12:00-1:30 (Saga): Lunch (on own)
1:30-3:00 (Stern 201): Session 2: Watsuji and the Environment
- Laura Specker, chair
- Kyle Peters (Chinese University of Hong Kong): Climate in the Age of “Countries that Have” and “Countries that Have-Not”: Hayashi Tatsuo’s Geopolitical Critique of Watsuji Tetsurō’s Climate
- Cheung Ching-yuen (University of Tokyo): Fūdo As Terruño
3:15-4:45 (Stern 201): Session 3: Ethics of Play in the Kyoto School Tradition; chaired by Yuko Ishihara
- Yuko Ishihara, chair
- Sova Cerda (Kyoto University): Subjectivity, Refined and Inflected: Play in Early Nishitani
- Yuko Ishihara (Ritsumeikan University): Gadamer and Ueda on the “Playful” Encounter with the Other
- Hans Peter Liederbach (Kwansei Gakuin University): Games, Rules, and Spoilsports: Problems of the (Alleged) Anti-subjectivism in Kyoto School Philosophy
5:00~: Dinner (not provided) at local restaurants
8/17 Thursday
9:00-10:30 (Stern 201): Session 4: Perspectives on Watsuji
- Hans Peter Liederbach, chair
- Laura Specker Sullivan (Fordham University): The Ethics of Everyday Actions
- Anton Sevilla-Liu (Kyushu University): Watsuji Tetsurō, G.H. Mead, and Prosocial Contextual Behavioral Science
- Steve Bein (University of Dayton): There’s Nothing To It: Kū, Compassion, and Extended Cognition in Watsujian Epistemology
10:45-11:45 (Stern 201): Session 5: Perspectives on Nishida
- John Krummel, chair
- Dennis Stromback (University of Tokyo): Is There a Concept of Forgiveness in Nishida’s Discussion of Love?
- Rainer Schulzer (Toyo University): Why Hegel, Not Kant?
12:30-1:30 (Vandervort): Lunch (provided)
1:45-2:30 (Vandervort): Keynote 2:
- Leah Kalmanson, chair
- Shūdō Brian Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology): Facing the Non-Human Other: Buddha-Nature and Ethical Responsibility in Dōgen and Tanabe
3:00-4:00 (Stern 201): Session 6: Religion and Philosophy
- Mayuko Uehara, chair
- Griffin Werner (University of Hawaii at Manoa): Toward a Zen Buddhist Political Philosophy: An Experimental Dialogue Between Deleuze & Guattari and Dōgen
- Leah Kalmanson (University of North Texas): Kami, Bodhisattva, Jina: The Multiple Identities of Religious Diversity in Jainism and Buddhism
4:15-5:15 (Stern 201): Session 7: Political Philosophy
- CY Cheung, chair
- Richard Stone (Waseda University): The Metaphysics of National Essence: Individual, Environment, and State in the Work of Miyake Setsurei
- Bernard Stevens (Catholic University of Louvain): The Chinese “Overcoming Modernity” Ideology
5:30-6:15 (Vandervort): Keynote 3:
- Uehara Mayuko, chair
- Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University): Unexpected Coalescence? Nishida, Yogacara, and the New Directions in Phenomenology
6:30-8:15 (Vandervort): Reception dinner (provided)
August 16 Wednesday
Keynote Speech 1: 10:00-10:45am (Vandervort)
CY Cheung, chair
Ningengaku in an Era of Isolation
Thomas P. Kasulis
University Distinguished Scholar, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Studies
The Ohio State University, USA
Today we enjoy instantaneous global communication, lightning-speed transfer of information, convenient international travel, and mushrooming world trade. Yet, human isolation seems only to have increased. Social media has transformed “friend” into a transient, virtual relation between yourself and a potentially limitless number of others. The workplace may be a desk in your private residence with a personal computer rather than an office building. Chat rooms are as likely to link you to AI robots as to other people. The Covid pandemic has accelerated the isolation with distance-learning, home shopping, and movie streaming. Geopolitically, nativism and political/economic isolationism are on the rise, while the short-term self-interests of nation states block international cooperation addressing climate change.
Our modern Western philosophical anthropologies alone cannot adequately mitigate this isolation. Most depend on notions of individualism: autonomy, individual rights, freedom of expression, privacy, and the cultivation of personal satisfaction. However central such principles may be to a liberal democracy, they can also easily nurture radical isolationism.
Watsuji Tetsurō 和辻哲郎offers a more traditionally Japanese philosophical anthropology based in betweenness and interdependence. That includes not only his analysis of human being as ningen 人間, but also his examination of the synergy between the human and the surrounding natural and cultural milieu as developed in his theory of fūdo 風土. Using those ideas to supplement our modern Western philosophical anthropologies, I will outline a more full-bodied approach to the crises of isolation we face today.
Yet, we should also ask why Japanese philosophy has done so little to mitigate isolation in Japan itself. Such well-documented issues include the dissolution of family bonds and the prominence of phenomena like the hikikomori shut-ins and isolated otaku geeks. My conclusion will suggest at least a partial answer.
Session 1: 11:00am-12:00pm (Vandervort):
Nishida and Tanabe
Subjectifying Society: An Enactive Approach to Coexistence in Tanabe Hajime’s Social Ontology
Urai Satoshi
Hokkaido University, Japan
Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962) developed a social ontology known as the “logic of species” between 1934 and 1941. In this logic, he argued that the only way for humanity to coexist was to establish, in each nation, a “humane State” (人類的国家) capable of sharing prosperity among nations. In order to develop this State, he claimed that people must perform “self-sacrifice,” which is the only means to their “self-realization” as members of the State. While this idea of “self-sacrifice-sive-self-realization” is based on the Aristotelian concept of zoon politikon and was initially borrowed from Karl Jaspers’ Philosophy II (1932), needless to say, it is problematic and in fact has received much criticism. Tanabe himself admitted that his standpoint risks being misunderstood, although he denies that it is irrational totalitarianism. What, then, is its philosophical significance? In order to clarify Tanabe’s views on coexistence and the concept of “self-sacrifice-sive-self-realization,” this presentation focuses on the related idea of “subjectifying society” and considers these views in light of the enactive approach. It will be argued that what Tanabe aimed to express with the phrase “self-sacrifice-sive-self-realization” implies, not only a particular kind of self-transformation, but also an essential moment in the general formation of societies or groups by their members.
The Self-and-Other Relation in Times of Crisis―an Inquiry into Nishida Philosophy and Tanabe Philosophy
Uehara Mayuko
Kyoto University, Japan
西田の言う「歴史的世界」において、今創造され、見られるこの世界は平時の社会においても、危機感を帯びたものであろう。実際、地球は環境、経済、地政学、国際関係などの危機の時代にあるという意識を、例えば日本の出版業、ジャーナリズム、ある研究者らは共有しているようだ。危機とは多面的、連鎖的、循環的であるように私には思われるが、この発表では、今、日本に目立ってきている孤独な弱い個人とその社会の危機に注意してゆきたい。そしてこの弱い個人という問題を、昭和の危機の時代を生きた西田幾多郎の自他論、および田辺元の社会存在の論理（＝種の論理）のそれぞれに関連づけて、検討する。まず、1. 田辺哲学の核心をなす「種の論理」の構造の内実を確認し、そこには社会存在論の基本単位と言える「我と汝」関係が欠落していることを指摘する。次に、２. 西田の「我と汝」関係には対等性という特徴を浮き彫りにし、前向きに評価した上で、現実社会への適用が困難な点を確認する。3. 再び田辺哲学に戻り、他力の観点が加わる「「種の論理」以降の自他関係」論に、弱い個人を視野に入れる可能性があるのかを検討する。
田辺の論理は強い個人を要請しているように見えるが、現実の多様な人間には孤独な弱い個人が含まれる。発表者の主張は、彼らを放棄せず個人として生かす哲学が、求められなければならないということだ。
The world, in what Nishida calls the “historical world,” created and seen at this moment must be tinged with a sense of crisis, even within a society in peaceful times. In fact, publishers, journalists, and certain researchers in Japan share the awareness that the globe is in an period of crisis in terms of the environment, economy, geopolitics and international relations. It seems to me that crises are multifaceted, interlinked, and cyclical, but in this presentation I would like to draw attention to the crisis of the lonely and weak individual and their society, conspicuous today in Japan. We will examine this problem of the weak individual in relation to Nishida Kitarō's theory of self-and-other, and to Tanabe Hajime's logic of social existence（or logic of species). Both of them are the philosophers who lived through the crisis of the Showa era. 1. First, we will confirm the content of the structure of the "logic of species” that forms the core of Tanabe philosophy, and indicate its lack of the "I and Thou" relation, which can be said to be the fundamental unit of social existence. 2. Next, on the basis of highlighting and positively evaluating the equality which characterizes the "I and Thou" relation in Nishida, we will confirm the difficulty of applying his theory to actual societies. 3. Returning again to Tanabe philosophy, we will examine whether it is possible to include weak individuals in the visual field in his theory of the self-other-relation after his "Logic of Species" to which the perspective of “other-power” (salvation by faith) (他力) is added.
Tanabe's logic seems to require strong individuals, but in reality, the diversity of human beings include lonely and weak individuals. My claim here is that we need to seek a philosophy that enlivens them as individuals instead of abandoning them.
Session 2: 1:30-3:00pm (Stern 201):
Watsuji and the Environment
Climate in the Age of “Countries that Have” and “Countries that Have-Not”: Hayashi Tatsuo’s Geopolitical Critique of Watsuji Tetsurō’s Climate
Kyle Peters
Chinese University of Hong Kong
This presentation takes as its subject Hayashi Tatsuo’s critique of Watsuji Tetsurō, focusing especially on Hayashi’s 1938 “Fate of Thought” and Watsuji’s 1935 Climate: An Anthropological Consideration. Its aim is twofold. First, to introduce anglophone scholars to the work of Hayashi—an understudied Kyoto School philosopher, co-editor (with Watsuji) of Iwanami’s Shisō, and major force in the world of modern Japanese literary criticism. And second, to tease out Hayashi’s disguised critique of Watsuji’s theory of climate, and in particular, his foregroudning its disconnect with contemporary Japan’s place on a “world map [that] seems to have become so simple that it can be categorized into two or three different colors: ‘countries that have’ and ‘countries that have-not,’ or ‘democratic states’ and ‘totalitarian states.’” As I read it, Hayashi is questioning the legitimacy and applicability of climate as a concept in a—to connect with the conference theme—not-so-polycentric cold war world order.
Fūdo As Terruño
Cheung Ching-yuen
University of Tokyo, Japan
Fūdo (風土) is a concept developed by Watsuji Tetsurō (1889-1960), a modern Japanese philosopher. The Japanese concept has been translated into English, German and Spanish as “climate.” However, Augustin Berque tried to translate the notion as milieu. What is Berque’s understanding of milieu? For Berque, milieu is both natural and cultural; it is both subjective and objective; and it is both collective and individual. This idea can be found in Watsuji, but Berque’s ambition is to further develop fūdo as a “fūdo-logy,” or in his own word, “mesology.” Here, I believe the French word milieu cannot capture the rich meanings of nature and culture. Therefore, I have been translating fūdo with the French word terroir. While I explained my understanding of terrior to my Mexican colleagues in 2019, I was told that the Spanish word terruño does not only mean terroir, but it also means “homeland.” They say that the national flag of Ukraine is about the landscape of blue sky and yellow wheat field, but I would rather suggest it is an aesthetic expression of wind and earth (fūdo). Fūdo is not merely milieu or terroir, but can also be understood as terruño (homeland). Without doubt, we are facing a crisis of the homelessness (desterramiento): the blue wind and yellow land of the homeland of Ukrainians are replaced by grey sky and bloody scenes in battlefields. In this sense, fūdology has to condemn the destruction of terruño on one hand, and to revitalize the terruño on the other.
Session 3: 3:15-4:45pm (Stern 201):
Ethics of Play in the Kyoto School Tradition
Yuko Ishihara, Ritsumeikan University, Chair
Subjectivity, Refined and Inflected: Play in Early Nishitani
Sova P.K. Cerda
Kyoto University, Japan
Early readers of Nishitani Keiji’s translated works (especially, Religion and Nothingness and The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism) commented on an apparent “slighting” attitude toward Western philosophy (O’Leary 1991), leading some to speculate about Nishitani’s “anti-intellectualism” (Phillips 1987) and others to question his ability to grapple with basic ethical issues (Little 1989). Yet, such judgments might be hasty. These works were not originally written for readership abroad and many of their arguments appear with greater detail elsewhere (his Studies in Aristotle being a prominent example). While only a sliver of Nishitani’s works has received critical study, an even greater dearth exists apropos Nishitani’s early thought. This presentation aims to begin addressing this lacuna by considering “play” in early Nishitani.
Nishitani’s early notion of “play” sheds light on his early commitments as regards subjectivity. In the first section, I introduce Nishitani’s early claim that “working for the purpose of working is play (Spiel),” exemplary of which is the production of fine art. I then trace this claim to Nishitani’s treatment of fine art in the 1926 “Kant’s Aesthetic Ideas.” In section two, I argue that there Nishitani persuasively innovates on Kant’s theory of apperception. Even the most basic levels of sensuous life, so my reading goes, involve the participative work of subjectivity, a work that can, as in art, be refined. Although it is not yet clear how these early commitments hold over into Nishitani’s later thought, this presentation aims to make a beginning in fleshing out Nishitani’s position vis-à-vis the Western classics.
Gadamer and Ueda on the “Playful” Encounter with the Other
Yuko Ishihara
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
In the context of giving an account of how genuine understanding of an artwork occurs, Gadamer introduces the idea of the “play of understanding.” Contrary to the idea that the spectator looks for the hidden meaning of the artwork in the work itself, Gadamer tells us that the meaning of the artwork is brought forth in the back and forth movement between the spectator and the artwork. Extending this analysis to the I-Thou relation, Gadamer develops an account of a genuine encounter with the other that highlights the dynamic nature of the inter-play of understanding that makes possible such encounter.
What is striking is that we find a somewhat similar analysis of a genuine encounter with the other in Ueda Shizuteru. Drawing on examples from renku and Zen mondo, Ueda analyzes what the Zen Buddhist tradition has called the “dialogue of the mutual exchange of host and guest” (賓主互換の問答). According to Ueda, a genuine encounter, which he also says is “playful”, happens when there is a free exchange of roles between the host (I, we) and the guest (you). Particularly interesting is his claim that the kind of understanding that takes place in such an encounter is much more radical than Gadamer’s “fusion of horizons.” By drawing out both the parallels and the differences between the two thinkers, I will attempt to clarify the nature of the play that is involved in a genuine encounter with the other.
Games, Rules, and Spoilsports: Problems of the (Alleged) Anti-subjectivism in Kyoto School Philosophy
Hans Peter Liederbach
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
In post-Heideggerian philosophy, particularly in Gadamer, the notion of play is utilized to reveal the aporiai of Reflexionsphilosophie in German Idealism. Playing on the notion of play serves the purpose of showing that human self-understanding finds its limits at the facticity of (in Heidegger’s terminology) thrownness. As the image of play is to invoke, human existence ought to be understood as primordially being imbedded in its world (which, for Gadamer, means to submit oneself to the transmission-event of effective-history).
As has been shown, Gadamer’s objections to German Idealism, particularly Hegel, is an expressionof a specific historical constellation, which was formed by Husserl’s and Heidegger’s attack on psychologism, Nietzsche’s deconstruction of the subject, and the various appeals to the finitude of thought in post-Nietzschean thinking. Since, fueled by the reawakened interest in Kant and post-Kantian philosophy from the nineteen-eighties on, these anti-subjectivist strands of thought themselves have come under attack, it is time to reassess the potential, the notion of play has for human self-understanding.
Pertinent in this regard are the understanding of rule-following in post-Wittgensteinean pragmatics, and the various dimensions of normativity as being constitutive for our sense-making practices, which are emphasized in recent scholarship on Kant and Hegel. Harking back to these concepts, I will first discuss Gadamer’s notion of play, before, in a second step, I will turn to the Kyoto School, particularly Nishitani and Ohashi. As will be shown, bringing into play the notion of play enables us to identify some of the problems connected to the (alleged) anti-subjectivism in Kyoto School philosophy.
August 17 Thursday
Session 4: 9:00-10:30am (Stern 201):
Perspectives on Watsuji
The Ethics of Everyday Actions
Laura Specker Sullivan
Fordham University, NY, USA
The problems of the world often seem very large: pandemics, nuclear disasters, global warming, and so on. By contrast, the small changes we make in response – wearing a mask, turning down the thermostat, using less plastic – seem very small. In this paper, I highlight how the attention to everyday existence found in the work of diverse scholars of both Japanese aesthetics (e.g., Saito Yuriko, Kuki Shuzo, and Okakura Kakuzo) and Japanese ethics (e.g., Dogen Zenji, Watsuji Tetsuro, and Erin McCarthy) can be understood as a response to this anxiety about the status of the world. This strain of ethical-aesthetic Japanese thought attends to everyday objects and customs not as a form of myopia or selfishness, but out of an understanding of how the activity of human existence mediates the relationship between the one and the many.
Watsuji Tetsurō, G.H. Mead, and Prosocial Contextual Behavioral Science
Anton Sevilla-Liu
Kyushu University, Japan
Japanese ethicist Watsuji Tetsurō, Pragmatist philosopher G.H. Mead, and contemporary Contextual Behavioral Scientists Paul Atkins, David Wilson, and Steven Hayes’ Prosocial Approach all share a radically relational approach to the human being. They draw from markedly different sources: Buddhism and Confucianism for Watsuji, pragmatism and behaviorism for G.H. Mead, and evolutionary science, economics, and Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) for Atkins et al. They also emerged in remarkably different contexts and historical periods. Yet despite these differences, they converge deeply on three main points.
The first point is the non-duality of subject and object, where all three approaches see our lived reality as both meaningful (subjective) and part of behaving in a materially constrained environment (objective). Prosocial and Mead approach this through a combination of evolutionary science and human sciences like economics and psychology. Watsuji however shows the philosophical side of this through the clash between idealism and materialism in ethical thought, and his unique approach to the question of milieu (fûdo).
The second point is the non-duality of individual and community, where all three approaches see human behavior as both individual and relational, necessitating multiple levels of understanding in order to properly model meaningful action. Watsuji argues this philosophically, looking at individualist approaches to ethics and authenticity and pitting them against more communitarian approaches. Mead validates this psychologically, looking at the relational structure of thought. And Prosocial does this via a unique approach to Multi-Level Selection (MLS) theory and a group approach to behaviorism.
And third, these theoretical points give shared implications for the application of ethics to education, particularly the question of individual vs. group values. This is a part where Watsuji and Mead are relatively weak, and perhaps the contemporary movement Prosocial can shine by showing how these philosophical ideas might be applied in the world today.
There’s Nothing To It: Kū, Compassion, and Extended Cognition in Watsujian Epistemology
Steve Bein
University of Dayton
By Watsuji Tetsurō’s lights, “One, Many, and Other” are holographic: each comprises the others in a polycentric matrix of intersubjectivity. Much has been written on how this is reflected in his ethics, far less on its role in his epistemology. According to Watsuji, we do not only act in the emptiness between persons, but much of our cognition happens in that betweenness as well. Indeed, for Watsuji subjective experience itself takes place in the emptiness between person and person. We discover ourselves through our openness to others, and so our subjective experience is shared. Linguistic expression comes second to our first medium of this experience, which is the body itself: posture, gesture, facial expression, and so on. Watsuji calls this “the practical interconnection of acts” (jissenteki kōiteki renkan 実践的行為的連関), and he says it is basic to our cognition.
It is a bold position to be sure. To say I do not infer your emotional states, but rather experience them in the emptiness that is intrinsic to human cognition, is the polar opposite of Descartes’s cogito. But phenomenologically speaking, Watsuji’s position is arguably the more convincing. Furthermore, it is echoed in both traditional Buddhist epistemology (compassionate wisdom is predicated on knowing other minds) and cutting-edge cognitive science (the extended mind thesis). This paper presents the argument that Watsuji’s anti-Cartesian epistemology has surer footing than Descartes’s epistemology, and that Descartes’ conclusion ought to have been cogito ergo sumus, I think therefore we are.
Session 5: 10:45-11:45am (Stern 201):
Perspectives on Nishida
Is There a Concept of Forgiveness in Nishida’s Discussion of Love?
Dennis Stromback
University of Tokyo, Japan
This presentation begins with an investigation of Nishida Kitarō’s discussion of love in Zen no Kenkyū. What Nishida claims in his early work is that love and knowledge are two different manifestations of the same fundamental reality. He writes: “To know a thing we must love it, and to love a thing we must know it.” What Nishida is drawing attention to here is how the awakening of no-self (via knowing) is grounded in acts of love. It is the deep union of subject and object, where the self is casted away and unites with the other. Bear in mind that Nishida’s view of love here is borrowed from Buddhist notions of compassion in which care and attention is given to the other in times of suffering. Like Buddhism, which seeks to liberate others from the causes of suffering, Nishida’s view of love is the expression of the self dissolving into the other—in other words, the self negates itself in order to further establish the other. But what I ultimately want to argue in this presentation is that we can carve out an account of forgiveness based on Nishida’s view of love in his early work. That is to say, if forgiveness is a practice of a higher form of love, as it is commonly believed, then love, as the groundwork of the non-dual self, is nothing other than the practice of forgiveness, and forgiveness is nothing other than repeated acts of love. The axiom of human life is co-existence, but conflict and divisions seem to be more of the rule of the day, which speak to the importance of recovering the lost art of forgiveness. This presentation seeks to re-assert forgiveness, as drawn from Nishida’s view of love, with the hope of healing and addressing the fragmentations that prevent dialogue between warring factions.
Why Hegel, Not Kant?
Rainer Schulzer
Toyo University, Japan
For the non-initiated reader of Kyoto-School philosophy, a certain affinity between Nishida and Hegel seems to suggest itself. In 1929, Heidegger may have been the first to verbalize this impression. Based on the German translations of three of Nishida's essays in Die intelligible Welt (1943), the young German philosopher Wolfgang Harich (stepson of the musician Eta Harich-Schneider) planned to give a lecture in Berlin in 1944 in which he would characterize Nishida's philosophy as the "the rebirth of German Idealism in the womb of East Asian mysticism." Finally, in 1937 Nishida himself admitted that "My thought today owes a lot to Hegel. I think that it is closer to Hegel than to any other [philosopher]. At the same time, I have a lot to say to Hegel, too."
The question "Why Hegel, not Kant?" may be answered by certain features of East Asian Buddhist metaphysics that can be meaningfully compared with Hegel's dialectics. Thinking of British idealism, which was a powerful philosophical movement in the second half of the 19th century, there was also no need to "revive idealism" for it to be influential in Japan. Besides such broader perspectives in intellectual history, however, there is also one circumstance in particular that can be viewed as being pivotal in the turn away from Kant towards Hegel. That is the lecturing of Ernest F. Fenollosa at early Tokyo University.
In August 2023, I will be working at Yale University's Beinecke Library editing Fenollosa's philosophy lectures as noted by Kanai Noburu. In my presentation at the 2023 IAJP conference, I will report on Fenollosa's criticism of Kant, and his understanding of Hegel, based on the new materials. The investigation of Kant's early reception in Japan is part of a broader research effort for the upcoming 300th anniversary of Kant's birthday in 2024.
Keynote Speech 2: 1:45-2:30pm (Vandervort)
Leah Kalmanson, chair
Facing the Non-Human Other: Buddha-Nature and Ethical Responsibility in Dōgen and Tanabe
Shūdō Brian Schroeder
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
The notion of “coexistence” finds expression in the philosophically complex concept of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda), which is a fundamental cornerstone in Buddhist metaphysics, epistemology, and psychology. Mahāyāna Buddhism viewed this concept as closely associated with the teaching on emptiness or boundlessness (śūnyatā), the view that all phenomenal reality and experience is devoid of any essential and substantial identity. Early expressions of Buddhism interpreted Buddha-nature as pertaining only to sentient beings, but later this was extended in Chinese Buddhism to include insentient beings and objects. Eihei Dōgen developed this idea and formed the basis for an ecological thinking that has great resonance for the world today, especially given our current state of crisis in this regard. This paper develops Dōgen’s views in relation to the notion of ethical responsibility found in the later philosophy of Tanabe Hajime with brief reference to some Western standpoints.
Session 6: 3:00-4:00pm (Stern 201):
Religion and Philosophy
Toward a Zen Buddhist Political Philosophy: An Experimental Dialogue Between Deleuze & Guattari and Dōgen
Griffin Werner
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
In this presentation, I will discuss how Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of the body without organs (BwO) can be helpful for conceiving of a politics of Zen Buddhism that accounts for how groups of people dedicated to the ethical ideals of compassion and wisdom can still find themselves in support of fascism. I argue that practicing zazen can be understood as a practice of making oneself a BwO. Zazen is a method of de-organizing and de-hierarchizing the body to penetrate the world and see it in its emptiness and interdependence. It is a practice of making oneself a “zazen body,” one that is vulnerable enough and in attunement with the world such that it can experience objects from their mode of being in their interdependence with the self rather than from a separated subject-object perspective. However, as Zen’s complicity with and support of the imperialist Japanese government during WWII tells us, dedicating oneself to the practice of zazen in order to achieve liberation and experience infinite wisdom and compassion does not necessarily lead to a politics of liberation. Like any becoming or change, there is genuine risk involved in dedicating oneself to a practice of making oneself a BwO. However, the potential reward is insight into newness that may also lead to solutions to contemporary ethical and political problems. However, in the case of Zen during Japanese imperialism, the BwO of Zen led to the support of fascism rather than its critique from a Zen inspired point of view.
Kami, Bodhisattva, Jina: The Multiple Identities of Religious Diversity in Jainism and Buddhism
Leah Kalmanson
University of North Texas, USA
The term “polytheism” is not a compliment in the philosophy of religion. That is, whereas belief in a universal and transcendent God may be seen as rationally defensible, belief in anything else is relegated to the realm of superstition. This presentation, in contrast, takes seriously the plurality and locality of spiritual beings. In it, we investigate various attempts in both Jainism and Buddhism to navigate relations between devas, jinas, buddhas, bodhisattvas, and kami. We look in particular at Heian-era Japanese scholars who theorized about relations between the kami and foreign spiritual entities such as Buddhist bodhisattvas, at Edo and Meiji scholars who sought ways to put the kami on a par with the so-called universal and transcendent “Deus” of Christian missionaries, and at contemporary Buddhist-Jain interactions in East Asia. Throughout our exploration of this rich history of engagement with diverse spiritual entities across multiple traditions, we focus on how this philosophical heritage helps us navigate contemporary issues in religion, politics, and ecology.
Session 7: 4:15-5:15pm (Stern 201):
Political Philosophy
The Metaphysics of National Essence: Individual, Environment, and State in the Work of Miyake Setsurei
Richard Stone
Waseda University, Japan
Journalist, philosopher, historian, and member of the nationalistic Seikyosha (政教社) publishing house, Miyake Setsurei (三宅雪嶺, 1860~1945) played a key role in various intellectual movements in Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most specifically, Miyake, alongside his compatriots in the Seikyosha, spearheaded the movement to preserve Japan’s “national essence (国粋, kokusui)” in the face of – what they perceived as – uncritical Westernization during the Meiji period (1868~1912). Indeed, Setsurei was a leader in the charge to identify which aspects of Japanese culture needed preservation or were otherwise unique to the Japanese people.
Yet, while Miyake’s role in these movements – and his potential relation to the growth of nationalism in 20th century Japan – has been largely recognized by historians, the precise content of his thought has rarely been critically analyzed. However, given not only that questions concerning identity and uniqueness in relation to nationalism are not only still relevant to our post-cold war society, but also that thorough analyses of discourse on kokusui can give us a better grasp on the history of nationalism in Japan, his work should not be left alone in this way. Hence, here I will provide a brief overview Setsurei’s political philosophy, and thus attempt to search for the metaphysical basis of the kokusui movement can be found in an “organic” relation between individual, state, and environment, as well as identify potential clues for further understanding nationalism and identity in a contemporary setting.
The Chinese “Overcoming Modernity” Ideology
Bernard Stevens
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
After the opening up to the world market in the 1980s and the economic take-off during four consecutive decades, Xi Jinping's seizure of power in 2012 ushered in a period of increasing Communist Party control over all aspects of social life, including intellectual ones. A reflection on the history of China is now promoted in university studies with a strong reexamination of its imperial past. Renouncing the unequivocal rupture advocated by Maoism, it is a relative continuity that is now put forward - but going hand in hand with a rejection of the liberal impulse of the first Chinese revolution, that of 1911, and of the « modern » republican period which followed it until the communist revolution of 1949. Contemporary China is thus reconnecting in an ambiguous way with pre-modern China, emphasizing it’s own specificity, the only one capable to overcoming jointly the failures of Sovietism and Americanism. It is in this context that "Chinese values" are displayed, proclaimed universal and intended to replace the values of European Enlightenment, that are considered only « regional » . And it is also in this context that a re-evaluation of the ancient notion of tianxia 天下 ("everything that exists under the same sky ») is meant to redefine China's role in the world. After two centuries marked by Western imperialism, it is China's turn to establish in the 21st century — overcoming current Western modernity — an “egalitarian and harmonious” world, according to the official ideology, whereas in reality, the notion of tianxia actually designated an imperial order establishing a hierarchical, authoritarian and exclusive balance of power between superiors and inferiors, civilized and barbarians. This is the background against which we can see a remake of the Japanese « overcoming modernity » ideology. Wang Hui’s essay on « Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity » (1997) will be here our main guide.
Keynote Speech 3: 5:30-6:15pm (Vandervort)
Uehara Mayuko, chair
Unexpected Coalescence? Nishida, Yogacara, and the New Directions in Phenomenology
Michiko Yusa
Western Washington University, USA
1. NITTA Yoshihiro was a Japanese phenomenologist, who was introduced to Nishida Kitarō's writings in the early 1990s by UEDA Shizuteru, and who had the good fortune of reading Nishida's texts closely together with IZUTSU Toshihiko, with Ueda as the "discussion leader." (Nitta 1998, "postscript," 231-32)
2. Nitta, who brought his vast knowledge of Husserl and Heidegger to this "encounter," discovered, somewhat unexpectedly (?), much in Nishida's thought that was hitherto neglected by those who were trained in western philosophy. He realized also that the traditional hermeneutical constructions developed around Nishida's thought by the Japanese "Kyoto School" professors and students came with their own baggage, and, thus, limitations.
3. Nitta encapsulates the basic movement of the direction of phenomenological inquiry in Europe, from the start to the post-Husserlian and post-Heiderggerian phase, in three stages:
(i) Husserl's phenomenological reduction, which attempted to pull away from the uncritical substantive thinking (jittaika-teki shii)—the attitude so ingrained in human thinking—was gradually enriched by the notion of horizon.
(ii) Husserl's "intentionality" of consciousness, and the "horizon"—the domain of meaning—did make significant philosophical contributions, but Husserl went beyond these early formulation, by investigating into the "other ego," and came to develop the view of "Lebenswelt" and intersubjectivity.
(iii) The post-Husserlian movement is on the rise, away from the "horizontal thinking" towards a "vertical thinking" that turns its investigation to the phenomena consciousness itself, which concerns the "appearance" and "concealing" of phenomenon. This reflection is characterized by the "self-negation" of subjectivity/consciousness in facing deeper nature of consciousness, or Heidegger's "Schritt zurück" (step back) (Nitta 1998, 151, also 156-57).
4. Nitta next places this "inward" (and "vertical") turn of phenomenology side by side with the ancient Indian Buddhist thought of Yogācāra school, which upheld that all phenomena are "mental representations." This is to "phenomenalize all things," (i.e., non-substantialize things), and as such its approach appears congenial with Husserlian phenomenology, although the Yogācāra starting point of the investigation and the aim are different, in that the ultimate aim was to "transform" the mundane consciousness into awakened consciousness to achieve "moksha" (liberation from the ills and sufferings caused by the egocentric worldview). (cf. Nitta 1998, 152-56)
5. Nitta, however, falls short of sorting out one essential Yogācāra point—the distinction of (a) "consciousness" (vijñāna), (b) "ego-maker" or "ego-tinted-consciousness" (manas), and (c) the "root consciousness" or "storehouse consciousness" (ālāya-vijñāna)—the last two layers of consciousness belonging to the realm of "subconscious." In Japanese, traditionally, these three "layers" of the mind ("kokoro") are termed as "shiki" 識, "i" 意, and "shin" 心to distinguish their function. (Yusa 2023.)
6. Nitta's analysis of the Yogācāra's "three nature theory" (the three modes of cognition) is thus not complete, but nevertheless he succeeded in drawing important parallels between Husserl and Yogācāra, as for instance:
- the cognition the Yogācārins speak of is something akin to Husserl's notion of consciousness of the world and the consciousness that experiences the world
- the "cognition" in its broad meaning is none other than the place (basho) in which the world manifests itself as it does, but this cognition, when trapped in language, renders the world as reified and self-subsistent reality
- hence, the Yogācāra masters instructed their students to steer clear of the objectified reified notion of things, by freeing their mind from the linguistic activity that brings about the false view things as substantial (Nitta 1998, 154)
6.1. Concerning the "awakened" mode of viewing the world (one of the three natures of cognition that Yogācāra speaks of), called the "well-rounded view" (parinispanna svabhāva), Nitta explains it as referring to the "un-manifested world" 現れない世界 (nicht-enscheinende Welt), which "comes to pass" (genjō suru), when the world manifests itself at its momentum of "me-on" (世界の現れが非・存在と化するところに現成する). "This is the intuition of ālāya-vijñāna, which by definition cannot be objectified, and yet in which we see the truth," as Nitta puts it. (Nitta 1998, 156)
7. Going back to Nitta's observation of a new "direction" of post-Husserlian post-Heidegerian phenomenology, this "well-rounded view" of Yogācārins resonates with the recent phenomenological movements. Nitta especially mentions the summer colloquium on Fink that took place at Cerisy-la-Salle in Normandy, France, in 1994, where the participants paid special attention to the "me-ontic" (i.e., self-negating) "anonymous" activity that was at work behind how the humans and the world establish their relationship, which was present, although not articulated, in Husserl and Heidegger's thinking. Eugen Fink brought up this activity to the forefront of the phenomenological discourse, by considering human beings as the "medium" (baikaisha) (or "actors," Nishida would say). Nitta had been personally acquainted with Fink, and I believe he found himself in agreement with the former colleague-friend. (Nitta 1998, 110, n. 1)
8. Nitta next sees a remarkable coalescence of the "direction" of thought that goes beyond the old-fashioned way of doing "comparative philosophy," which groups and thereby separates, ideas into that of the East and the West. In the awareness of the possibility of a philosophical thought to reach the global height (or depth), Nitta identifies fresh untapped promises that Nishida's thinking houses in terms of global philosophical engagement, while he raises a few questions that Nishida may not have fully treated. (Nitta 1998, 162-64)
9. This present paper is a continuation of my Bogotá investigation (Yusa 2023), and to a great extent my response to Nitta's inquiry. Thus, I will turn to my own analysis of Nishida's infinite sphere in terms of the four-fold (dialectical) aspectual world. The notion of "infinite sphere" certainly goes back to Cusanus, Eckhart, et al., and it also resonates with the Buddhist cosmology. (Yusa 2022) Nishida sees this infinite sphere as constantly being molded in and through the interaction of the "actors" and "environment." My analysis of the "four-fold" aspectual world will provide an answer to Nitta's question of Nishida's thought. The view of the world as the radical mutual determination of the I and the world, and the I as the "medium" but also the "mirror" of the world (—the two aspects of "tsukurareta mono kara tsukuru mono e," and the contradictory self-identity of one and the many—each individual, irreducible, nevertheless coexists with other individuals in space-time-intelligibility continuum), could contribute to further discussion for the phenomenologists, while it could widen the appreciation of those who engage in Nishida's thought.
Dear Friends of IAJP, Some of you may be interested in participating in the World Congress of Philosophy that will be meeting in two years, August of 2024, in Rome, Italy. This is a big event that happens every five years. The last one was in Beijing, China, and the one before that was in Athens, Greece. The deadline for proposals (for presentations and panels) is in November, 2023. See the details below. IAJP will also be holding its own meeting inside of the Congress and we will announce details about this next Fall, but if you are interested in taking-part, please start thinking about this. We will probably make further announcements about this at the IAJP conference in New York in August, 2023.
PHILOSOPHY ACROSS BOUNDARIES
AUGUST 1-8, 2024
XXVE CONGRÈS MONDIAL DE PHILOSOPHIE LA PHILOSOPHIE AU-DELÀ DES FRONTIÈRES
XXV CONGRESSO MONDIALE DI FILOSOFIA XXV. WELTKONGRESS FÜR PHILOSOPHIE PHILOSOPHIE ÜBER GRENZEN HINWEG
第二十五届世界哲学大会 跨越边界的哲学
XXV ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ КОНГРЕСС ФИЛОСОФИЯ ВНЕ ГРАНИЦ XXV CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE FILOSOFIA LA FILOSOFÍA A TRAVÉS DE LOS LÍMITES
ال مؤ تمر اعل المي ال خ امس و اعلشرون للفلسفة افللسفة عب ر الح دود
Philosophy across Boundaries is the general theme of the 25th World Congress of Philosophy, that will be held in Rome, Italy, from August 1st to August 8th, 2024. Under the joint responsibility of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, the Italian Philosophical Society, and Sapienza University of Rome, the 25th World Congress intends to foster scholarly and public reflections on the future of our societies. By questioning human beings and their diverse ways of thinking, agency, and relationships, along with the social, economic, political, technological, and cultural destiny of our common world, it will:
• Use philosophical reflections as a springboard for public discourses on urgent shared concerns, including inequalities, cultural and gender diversity, natural environment, justice, rights, and political transformations on a global scale.
• Enlarge the scope of philosophical debates to involve representatives of the sciences, economy, information, medicine and public health, technology, and public institutions.
• Actively encourage and defend diversity in all forms by bringing together ideas, traditions, and people from all continents and regions.
• Dismantle rigid cultural and disciplinary boundaries by focusing on the complex interconnectedness of human civilizations from antiquity to the present.
The 2024 Congress invites shared reflections and discussions on the models we would like our societies to be inspired by. It encourages large participation of students and young scholars from all continents and regions. It will provide a unique opportunity to present and share diverse philosophical concerns from all regions of the world. Finally, it is committed to pluralism and it aims at engaging reflectively and critically with the struggles of our time, addressing its main ethical, social, political, and spiritual concerns.
We intend to hold the whole Congress in presence.
The Congress will focus on five Spheres of Boundaries, each of which will include one Plenary Session and two Symposia. There will also be eighty-nine Sections for Contributed Papers, Endowed lectures, Special lectures, Round tables, Invited sessions, Society sessions, and Student sessions.
The Organizing Committee wishes the Congress to be preceded by preparatory events, meetings, conferences. To organize a cultural event under the auspices of the 25th World Congress of Philosophy, please send a request to secretariat@wcprome2024.com
SPHERES OF BOUNDARIES
PERSONAE
Plenary session EMBODIMENTS
Symposia WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER KINDS OF MINDS
TRANSITIONS
Plenary session VULNERABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE
Symposia CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
TRANSLATION, IMAGINATION, INTERDISCIPLINARITY
JUSTICE
Plenary session CITIZENSHIP, CARE, AND SELF-DETERMINATION
Symposia EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE, POWER, AND STRUGGLE
TRUST, TRUTH, AND KNOWLEDGE
EARTH
Plenary session LIVING IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Symposia BIODIVERSITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ETHICS AND THE LIVING BEINGS
INFINITY
Plenary session EMPTINESS AND EXPERIENCE
Symposia BEAUTY, GLAMOUR, AND GRACE
TEMPORALITY AND AGENCY
SECTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
1. Aesthetics and Philosophies of Art
2. African Philosophy
3. Africana Philosophy
4. Bioethics and Medical Ethics
5. Buddhist Philosophy
6. Chinese Philosophy
7. Christian Philosophy
8. Comparative, Intercultural, and Cross-Cultural Philosophy
9. Confucian Philosophy
10. Contemporary Philosophy
11. Daoist Philosophy
12. East Asian and South-East Asian Philosophies
13. Economic Philosophy and Business Ethics
14. Environmental Philosophy and Sustainability
15. Ethics
16. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
17. Experimental Philosophy
18. Feminist Philosophy
19. Games Theory
20. Gender and Queer Philosophy
21. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Philosophy
22. Hermeneutics
23. History of Analytic Philosophy
24. History of Philosophy
25. Human Rights
26. Indian Philosophies
27. Intersectionality
28. Islamic Philosophy
29. Italian Philosophical Traditions
30. Jewish Philosophy
31. Latin-American Philosophy
32. Logic and Philosophy of Logic
33. Marxist Philosophy
34. Medical Humanities and Philosophy of Medicine
35. Medieval Philosophy
36. Metaethics
37. Metaphilosophy
38. Metaphysics
39. Mystical Traditions in Philosophy
40. Moral Psychology
41. Ontology
42. Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
43. Philosophical Anthropology
44. Philosophical Counseling and Practices
45. Philosophical Issues about Race
46. Philosophy, Film, and TV Series
47. Philosophy and Literature
48. Philosophy and Oral Traditions
49. Philosophy and Popular Culture
50. Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
51. Philosophy of Action
52. Philosophy of Aging
53. Philosophy of Argumentation
54. Philosophy of Birth
55. Philosophy of Childhood
56. Philosophy of Cognitive Neurosciences
57. Philosophy of Culture
58. Philosophy of Death
59. Philosophy of Dwelling
60. Philosophy of Education
61. Philosophy of Food
62. Philosophy of Globalization and Migrations
63. Philosophy of History
64. Philosophy of Indigenous Cultures
65. Philosophy of Information and Digital Culture
66. Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
67. Philosophy of Law
68. Philosophy of Liberation
69. Philosophy of Mathematics
70. Philosophy of Mind
71. Philosophy of Music and the Performing Arts
72. Philosophy of Physics
73. Philosophy of Religion
74. Philosophy of Science
75. Philosophy of Sexuality
76. Philosophy of Sport
77. Philosophy of Technology
78. Philosophy of the Human and Social Sciences
79. Philosophy of the Life Sciences
80. Philosophy of Values
81. Philosophy with Children
82. Political Philosophy
83. Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy
84. Russian Philosophy
85. Social Epistemology
86. Social Philosophy
87. Teaching Philosophy
88. Theories of Knowledge and Epistemology
89. Utopia
ENDOWED LECTURES
There will be at least seven endowed lectures:
The MAIMONIDES lecture, sponsored by FISP.
The IBN ROSHD lecture, sponsored by the Philosophical Society of Turkey.
The KIERKEGAARD lecture, sponsored by the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center, University of Copenhagen.
The DASAN lecture, sponsored by the Korean Philosophical Society.
The WANG YANGMING lecture, sponsored by Peking University.
The SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR lecture, sponsored by FISP Gender Committee.
The KANT lecture, sponsored by the Kant-Gesellschaft.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Paper shall be submitted through the website of the Congress using the form soon available.
Only in exceptional circumstances papers can be submitted as an electronic version by attachment to an e-mail message addressed to the Italian Organizing Committee at submitpaper@wcprome2024.com.
Submissions should not exceed 1800 words (or 3000 characters for papers submitted in Chinese) and be accompanied by a max 200-word abstract (500 characters in Chinese), and max 5 keywords (in alphabetical order). Submissions should clearly indicate the section for which the paper is intended and shall be written in one of the official languages of the Congress.
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to accept or reject papers on the basis of scholarly quality. Only papers of a philosophical nature will be considered for inclusion in the program.
PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS AND ROUND TABLES
Proposals are invited for round tables and panels on specific topics. They should be sent to the following address: submitpaper@wcprome2024.com. Round tables would usually include speakers from at least three different countries and are subject to the approval of the Steering Committee of FISP. All panelists shall be registered for the Congress.
Specific panels may be considered as Invited Sessions upon proposals by Steering Committee members.
STUDENT SESSIONS
The Steering Committee of FISP, the Italian Organizing Committee, and the International Programme Committee are encouraging the participation of students by inviting proposals for student sessions, panels, and workshops. Student sessions and panels will be chaired by senior philosophers from all continents. To submit proposals, please email secretariat@wcprome2024.com.
SESSIONS OF MEMBER SOCIETIES OF FISP
Member societies of FISP that wish to hold meetings during the Congress are kindly requested to apply to the President of FISP no later than February 1st, 2024. The number of sessions organized by each member society may be subject to limitations.
IMPORTANT DATES
November 1st, 2023 is the deadline for submitting contributed papers and for proposals for round tables, workshops, and student sessions. Papers and proposals received after this deadline, but before February 1st, 2024, may be accepted depending on availability.
REGISTRATION
€ 200 for early registration prior to October 1st, 2023.
€ 225 for registration until January 31st, 2024.
€ 250 for registration from February 1st, 2024.
€ 100 for accompanying persons
€ 50 for students
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ACCOMMODATION, TRAVEL, AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS
Accommodation, travel info, and social programs will be announced later.
INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY BOOK FAIR
An International Philosophy Book fair will take place during the Congress. Further information and conditions for publishers to apply will be announced later.
For further information and assistance, please contact: wcp2024rome@thetriumph.com for general questions about accommodation
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Italian Organizing Committee
25th World Congress of Philosophy
c/o Società Filosofica Italiana
Via Carlo Fea 2
00161 Roma
ITALY
PHILOSOPHY ACROSS BOUNDARIES
AUGUST 1-8, 2024
XXVE CONGRÈS MONDIAL DE PHILOSOPHIE LA PHILOSOPHIE AU-DELÀ DES FRONTIÈRES
XXV CONGRESSO MONDIALE DI FILOSOFIA XXV. WELTKONGRESS FÜR PHILOSOPHIE PHILOSOPHIE ÜBER GRENZEN HINWEG
第二十五届世界哲学大会 跨越边界的哲学
XXV ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ КОНГРЕСС ФИЛОСОФИЯ ВНЕ ГРАНИЦ XXV CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE FILOSOFIA LA FILOSOFÍA A TRAVÉS DE LOS LÍMITES
ال مؤ تمر اعل المي ال خ امس و اعلشرون للفلسفة افللسفة عب ر الح دود
Philosophy across Boundaries is the general theme of the 25th World Congress of Philosophy, that will be held in Rome, Italy, from August 1st to August 8th, 2024. Under the joint responsibility of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, the Italian Philosophical Society, and Sapienza University of Rome, the 25th World Congress intends to foster scholarly and public reflections on the future of our societies. By questioning human beings and their diverse ways of thinking, agency, and relationships, along with the social, economic, political, technological, and cultural destiny of our common world, it will:
• Use philosophical reflections as a springboard for public discourses on urgent shared concerns, including inequalities, cultural and gender diversity, natural environment, justice, rights, and political transformations on a global scale.
• Enlarge the scope of philosophical debates to involve representatives of the sciences, economy, information, medicine and public health, technology, and public institutions.
• Actively encourage and defend diversity in all forms by bringing together ideas, traditions, and people from all continents and regions.
• Dismantle rigid cultural and disciplinary boundaries by focusing on the complex interconnectedness of human civilizations from antiquity to the present.
The 2024 Congress invites shared reflections and discussions on the models we would like our societies to be inspired by. It encourages large participation of students and young scholars from all continents and regions. It will provide a unique opportunity to present and share diverse philosophical concerns from all regions of the world. Finally, it is committed to pluralism and it aims at engaging reflectively and critically with the struggles of our time, addressing its main ethical, social, political, and spiritual concerns.
We intend to hold the whole Congress in presence.
The Congress will focus on five Spheres of Boundaries, each of which will include one Plenary Session and two Symposia. There will also be eighty-nine Sections for Contributed Papers, Endowed lectures, Special lectures, Round tables, Invited sessions, Society sessions, and Student sessions.
The Organizing Committee wishes the Congress to be preceded by preparatory events, meetings, conferences. To organize a cultural event under the auspices of the 25th World Congress of Philosophy, please send a request to secretariat@wcprome2024.com
SPHERES OF BOUNDARIES
PERSONAE
Plenary session EMBODIMENTS
Symposia WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER KINDS OF MINDS
TRANSITIONS
Plenary session VULNERABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE
Symposia CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
TRANSLATION, IMAGINATION, INTERDISCIPLINARITY
JUSTICE
Plenary session CITIZENSHIP, CARE, AND SELF-DETERMINATION
Symposia EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE, POWER, AND STRUGGLE
TRUST, TRUTH, AND KNOWLEDGE
EARTH
Plenary session LIVING IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Symposia BIODIVERSITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ETHICS AND THE LIVING BEINGS
INFINITY
Plenary session EMPTINESS AND EXPERIENCE
Symposia BEAUTY, GLAMOUR, AND GRACE
TEMPORALITY AND AGENCY
SECTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
1. Aesthetics and Philosophies of Art
2. African Philosophy
3. Africana Philosophy
4. Bioethics and Medical Ethics
5. Buddhist Philosophy
6. Chinese Philosophy
7. Christian Philosophy
8. Comparative, Intercultural, and Cross-Cultural Philosophy
9. Confucian Philosophy
10. Contemporary Philosophy
11. Daoist Philosophy
12. East Asian and South-East Asian Philosophies
13. Economic Philosophy and Business Ethics
14. Environmental Philosophy and Sustainability
15. Ethics
16. Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
17. Experimental Philosophy
18. Feminist Philosophy
19. Games Theory
20. Gender and Queer Philosophy
21. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Philosophy
22. Hermeneutics
23. History of Analytic Philosophy
24. History of Philosophy
25. Human Rights
26. Indian Philosophies
27. Intersectionality
28. Islamic Philosophy
29. Italian Philosophical Traditions
30. Jewish Philosophy
31. Latin-American Philosophy
32. Logic and Philosophy of Logic
33. Marxist Philosophy
34. Medical Humanities and Philosophy of Medicine
35. Medieval Philosophy
36. Metaethics
37. Metaphilosophy
38. Metaphysics
39. Mystical Traditions in Philosophy
40. Moral Psychology
41. Ontology
42. Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
43. Philosophical Anthropology
44. Philosophical Counseling and Practices
45. Philosophical Issues about Race
46. Philosophy, Film, and TV Series
47. Philosophy and Literature
48. Philosophy and Oral Traditions
49. Philosophy and Popular Culture
50. Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
51. Philosophy of Action
52. Philosophy of Aging
53. Philosophy of Argumentation
54. Philosophy of Birth
55. Philosophy of Childhood
56. Philosophy of Cognitive Neurosciences
57. Philosophy of Culture
58. Philosophy of Death
59. Philosophy of Dwelling
60. Philosophy of Education
61. Philosophy of Food
62. Philosophy of Globalization and Migrations
63. Philosophy of History
64. Philosophy of Indigenous Cultures
65. Philosophy of Information and Digital Culture
66. Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
67. Philosophy of Law
68. Philosophy of Liberation
69. Philosophy of Mathematics
70. Philosophy of Mind
71. Philosophy of Music and the Performing Arts
72. Philosophy of Physics
73. Philosophy of Religion
74. Philosophy of Science
75. Philosophy of Sexuality
76. Philosophy of Sport
77. Philosophy of Technology
78. Philosophy of the Human and Social Sciences
79. Philosophy of the Life Sciences
80. Philosophy of Values
81. Philosophy with Children
82. Political Philosophy
83. Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy
84. Russian Philosophy
85. Social Epistemology
86. Social Philosophy
87. Teaching Philosophy
88. Theories of Knowledge and Epistemology
89. Utopia
ENDOWED LECTURES
There will be at least seven endowed lectures:
The MAIMONIDES lecture, sponsored by FISP.
The IBN ROSHD lecture, sponsored by the Philosophical Society of Turkey.
The KIERKEGAARD lecture, sponsored by the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center, University of Copenhagen.
The DASAN lecture, sponsored by the Korean Philosophical Society.
The WANG YANGMING lecture, sponsored by Peking University.
The SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR lecture, sponsored by FISP Gender Committee.
The KANT lecture, sponsored by the Kant-Gesellschaft.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Paper shall be submitted through the website of the Congress using the form soon available.
Only in exceptional circumstances papers can be submitted as an electronic version by attachment to an e-mail message addressed to the Italian Organizing Committee at submitpaper@wcprome2024.com.
Submissions should not exceed 1800 words (or 3000 characters for papers submitted in Chinese) and be accompanied by a max 200-word abstract (500 characters in Chinese), and max 5 keywords (in alphabetical order). Submissions should clearly indicate the section for which the paper is intended and shall be written in one of the official languages of the Congress.
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to accept or reject papers on the basis of scholarly quality. Only papers of a philosophical nature will be considered for inclusion in the program.
PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS AND ROUND TABLES
Proposals are invited for round tables and panels on specific topics. They should be sent to the following address: submitpaper@wcprome2024.com. Round tables would usually include speakers from at least three different countries and are subject to the approval of the Steering Committee of FISP. All panelists shall be registered for the Congress.
Specific panels may be considered as Invited Sessions upon proposals by Steering Committee members.
STUDENT SESSIONS
The Steering Committee of FISP, the Italian Organizing Committee, and the International Programme Committee are encouraging the participation of students by inviting proposals for student sessions, panels, and workshops. Student sessions and panels will be chaired by senior philosophers from all continents. To submit proposals, please email secretariat@wcprome2024.com.
SESSIONS OF MEMBER SOCIETIES OF FISP
Member societies of FISP that wish to hold meetings during the Congress are kindly requested to apply to the President of FISP no later than February 1st, 2024. The number of sessions organized by each member society may be subject to limitations.
IMPORTANT DATES
November 1st, 2023 is the deadline for submitting contributed papers and for proposals for round tables, workshops, and student sessions. Papers and proposals received after this deadline, but before February 1st, 2024, may be accepted depending on availability.
REGISTRATION
€ 200 for early registration prior to October 1st, 2023.
€ 225 for registration until January 31st, 2024.
€ 250 for registration from February 1st, 2024.
€ 100 for accompanying persons
€ 50 for students
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ACCOMMODATION, TRAVEL, AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS
Accommodation, travel info, and social programs will be announced later.
INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY BOOK FAIR
An International Philosophy Book fair will take place during the Congress. Further information and conditions for publishers to apply will be announced later.
For further information and assistance, please contact: wcp2024rome@thetriumph.com for general questions about accommodation
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Italian Organizing Committee
25th World Congress of Philosophy
c/o Società Filosofica Italiana
Via Carlo Fea 2
00161 Roma
ITALY
International Association for Japanese Philosophy
2023 International Conference: “One, Many, and Other: Prospects for a Post-Pandemic, Post-Cold-War Polycentric World”
(Sixth World Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy)
Join us in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of upstate (Northwest) New York state, famous for its vineyards and lakes, for the annual IAJP conference. The conference will be held on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, centrally located between Rochester, Syracuse, and Ithaca. (We will provide shuttle buses to and from Rochester airport to the hotel in Geneva, NY.)
Dates: 15-18 August 2023 (registration on August 15, sessions August 16-17, wine tour August 18)
Venue: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Organizer: International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
Co-organizer: Department of Religious Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Theme
One, Many, and Other: Prospects for a Post-Pandemic, Post-Cold-War World
Languages
English and Japanese
Scheduled Keynote speakers
Thomas Kasulis, Ohio State University
Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University
Brian Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology
Important Dates
1 March 2023: Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
15 April 2023: Notification of acceptance by email
1 June 2023: Release of tentative program
Synopsis
This sixth annual international conference for IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in contributing to the contemporary world faced with differences and difficulties; and 3) developing a solid network for researchers working on Japanese philosophy.
What are prospects for planetary coexistence in a post-Cold War, post-pandemic, plural world and what contributions can Japanese philosophy—not only modern or contemporary, but inclusive of ancient and medieval thought—offer in this regard? We invite presentations and panels on the wide variety of topics that can be related to this theme. “Coexistence” can be for a politically multipolar/polycentric/plural world amongst peoples or nations, especially in light of recent wars and conflicts—Russia invading Ukraine, Saudi Arabia attacking Yemen, China’s treatment of Uighurs, and so on. Are Uighyurs and Tibetans to be Sinnicized? Must Ukraine be brought “back” into the mold of “being Russian?” Even here in North America the question extends to the still recently coerced Americanization or Canadization of indigenous peoples or the violence committed to suppress and exclude the economically disenfranchised, especially African Americans. Or it may be about the increasing political or cultural divisiveness logo-rhythmically facilitated through social media platforms. “Coexistence” may also be for ecological sustenance with nature, other species, other beings, etc., in light of the pandemic, biological terrorism, nuclear energy, global warming, and so on. How are we to face ecological, economic, or viral threats (e.g., the pandemic) without falling into totalitarian or inhumane measures in this increasingly divisive landscape? These are some of the questions relevant in today’s world that the human species must face. In the face of others, are we one, are we many? In what senses are we all one? In what senses are we irreducibly many? What contributions may Japanese philosophy offer to this question?
Call for Papers
For organized panels, please submit the following in MS Word format:
1. Full names (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliations (including Department) and email addresses of 3 to 4 members of the panels and indicate one as the chair
2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for the panel
3. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for each paper of the panel
4. Research interests
5. Publications (optional)
For individual papers, please submit the following in MS Word format:
1. Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address
2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract
3. Research interests
4. Publications (optional)
Each individual paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion
Visa, transportation, registration, accommodation, and meals
Visa fees and transportation should be self-financed and arranged by the panelists themselves. Shuttle bus rides from the Rochester, NY airport will be provided to Geneva, NY. Information on registration, accommodation, and meals will be announced upon notification of acceptance to the conference.
Enquiry
All enquiries should be copied to the IAJP (japanesephilosophy@gmail.com) and John Krummel (Krummel@hws.edu).
Website
TBA
2023 International Conference: “One, Many, and Other: Prospects for a Post-Pandemic, Post-Cold-War Polycentric World”
(Sixth World Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy)
Join us in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of upstate (Northwest) New York state, famous for its vineyards and lakes, for the annual IAJP conference. The conference will be held on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, centrally located between Rochester, Syracuse, and Ithaca. (We will provide shuttle buses to and from Rochester airport to the hotel in Geneva, NY.)
Dates: 15-18 August 2023 (registration on August 15, sessions August 16-17, wine tour August 18)
Venue: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Organizer: International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
Co-organizer: Department of Religious Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Theme
One, Many, and Other: Prospects for a Post-Pandemic, Post-Cold-War World
Languages
English and Japanese
Scheduled Keynote speakers
Thomas Kasulis, Ohio State University
Michiko Yusa, Western Washington University
Brian Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology
Important Dates
1 March 2023: Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
15 April 2023: Notification of acceptance by email
1 June 2023: Release of tentative program
Synopsis
This sixth annual international conference for IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in contributing to the contemporary world faced with differences and difficulties; and 3) developing a solid network for researchers working on Japanese philosophy.
What are prospects for planetary coexistence in a post-Cold War, post-pandemic, plural world and what contributions can Japanese philosophy—not only modern or contemporary, but inclusive of ancient and medieval thought—offer in this regard? We invite presentations and panels on the wide variety of topics that can be related to this theme. “Coexistence” can be for a politically multipolar/polycentric/plural world amongst peoples or nations, especially in light of recent wars and conflicts—Russia invading Ukraine, Saudi Arabia attacking Yemen, China’s treatment of Uighurs, and so on. Are Uighyurs and Tibetans to be Sinnicized? Must Ukraine be brought “back” into the mold of “being Russian?” Even here in North America the question extends to the still recently coerced Americanization or Canadization of indigenous peoples or the violence committed to suppress and exclude the economically disenfranchised, especially African Americans. Or it may be about the increasing political or cultural divisiveness logo-rhythmically facilitated through social media platforms. “Coexistence” may also be for ecological sustenance with nature, other species, other beings, etc., in light of the pandemic, biological terrorism, nuclear energy, global warming, and so on. How are we to face ecological, economic, or viral threats (e.g., the pandemic) without falling into totalitarian or inhumane measures in this increasingly divisive landscape? These are some of the questions relevant in today’s world that the human species must face. In the face of others, are we one, are we many? In what senses are we all one? In what senses are we irreducibly many? What contributions may Japanese philosophy offer to this question?
Call for Papers
- This conference invites proposals for organized panels and individual papers.
- All submissions should be copied to the IAJP (japanesephilosophy@gmail.com) and John Krummel (Krummel@hws.edu) on or before 1 March 2023 (Japan Time).
- Please include in the subject line: IAJP 2023 conference submission.
For organized panels, please submit the following in MS Word format:
1. Full names (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliations (including Department) and email addresses of 3 to 4 members of the panels and indicate one as the chair
2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for the panel
3. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for each paper of the panel
4. Research interests
5. Publications (optional)
For individual papers, please submit the following in MS Word format:
1. Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address
2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract
3. Research interests
4. Publications (optional)
Each individual paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion
Visa, transportation, registration, accommodation, and meals
Visa fees and transportation should be self-financed and arranged by the panelists themselves. Shuttle bus rides from the Rochester, NY airport will be provided to Geneva, NY. Information on registration, accommodation, and meals will be announced upon notification of acceptance to the conference.
Enquiry
All enquiries should be copied to the IAJP (japanesephilosophy@gmail.com) and John Krummel (Krummel@hws.edu).
Website
TBA
➝ 新しい隔月研究会 ・直接またはZoomでの参加
➝ New bi-monthly Seminars. Participation in person or on zoom
西田幾多郎哲学（後期1934-1945）と数理論理学
Nishida Kitarō’s Philosophy (last period 1934-1945) and Mathematical Logic
責任者 Persons in change
Jacynthe Tremblay トランブレー・ジャサント jacynthe1616@gmail.com
南山大学（名古屋）Nanzan University（Nagoya）
Nakatogawa Kōji 中戸川孝治 koji@nakatogawa.jp
北海道大学（札幌）Hokkaidō University（Sapporo）
研究会の説明 Description of the Seminar
後期西田哲学は『哲学の根本問題・第二巻』（1934）から始まる[1]。この巻の序文の終わりに、西田は「弁証法的世界」の論理構造を説明することを目的とした一連の数式と図式を提供している。西田は、自らの哲学をできるだけ簡潔に整理し、その構造を示すために、『哲学論文集・第一、二、三巻』に現れる詳細で体系的な「図式的説明」でこれらの数式と図式を展開した[2]。これ等の「図式的説明」は、適切に分析され解釈されているかぎり、1934年から1945年までの西田哲学の内容を非常に正確に例証する。本課題を進めるには、末木剛博の例に従って、数理論理学に頼る必要がある[3]。西田の「図式的説明」もしくは末木の解釈を詳細に論じた研究はまれである。数理論理学からの解釈は、日本語による論理に通じていない国外研究者にも西田哲学の論理へのアクセスを可能にし、学術的意義は極めて高い。西田の「図式的説明」と数理論理学を比較・検討することで、研究会の参加者は、西田の哲学を新たな観点から深く理解することができるだろう。
The last period of Nishida’s philosophy begins in 1934, with the second volume of Fundamental Problems of Philosophy (see footnote 1). At the end of the Preface to this book, Nishida offers a series of formulas and diagrams intended to describe the logical structure of the “dialectical world”. In order to put his thought in order as concisely as possible and to show its internal structure, Nishida developed these formula and diagrams in detailed and systematic “Schematic Explanations” found at the end of each of the first three volumes of the Philosophical Essays (1935, 1937 and 1939) (see footnote 3). These schematic explanations constitute an extremely accurate illustration of the contents of Nishida’s philosophy between 1934 and 1945, as long as they are adequately analyzed and interpreted. To accomplish such a task, it is necessary to resort to mathematical logic, following the example of Sueki Takehiro (see footnote 3). Until now, detailed research about Nishida’s “Schematic explanation” and Sueki’s interpretation have been rare. Interpretation from mathematical logic has extremely high academic significance, because it also will make it possible for foreign researchers who are not familiar with logic in Japanese to access the logic of Nishida’s philosophy. In sum, by comparing Nishida’s “Schematic Explanations” and mathematical logic, it will be possible for the participants of these seminars to acquire a new and thorough understanding of his philosophy.
第一回研究会First Seminar
日付け Date：2022年9月18日 September 18, 2022
時間 Time：午後3時から5時まで From 3 pm to 5 pm
場所 Place : 北海道大学、 学術交流会館、第６会議室（32平米）
Hokkaidō University, Conference Center, Meeting Room 6 (32㎡)
Zoom link：
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81687973569?pwd=bUgvMFBmczQxREkxVGxGZ2I5dnc4UT09
Meeting ID: 816 8797 3569
Pass code: 604529
第一回研究会の内容 Content of the First Seminar
- 中戸川孝治Nakatogawa Kōji（北海道大学 Hokkaidō University）
- 発表 Lecture) 数理論理学の構文論的および意味論的諸側面：東洋の諸論理と西田幾多郎の哲学的見解との関わりにおいて
2.トランブレー・ジャサントJacynthe Tremblay（南山大学 Nanzan University）
- 1934-1945）の根本構造：M-A-E（媒介者・一般者・個物）
- （medium-universal-individual thing）
3.Texts study
第一回研究会のテキストTexts for the First Seminar
1.
Nishida’s Symbols
https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/a/#/s/8CA08D6ECC6C42FDA5F4046A185AADA3Y?type=previewPageCover
2.711p. 5-16
Nishida Kitaro’s Complete Works (new edition), vol. 7 Philosophical essays I, first chapter, first section, p. 5-16
3.
➝ French translation
https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navigate/a/#/s/DF8C37DBDAD04BEC8C5E26787D9071B8Y
➝ German translation, see the following website, p. 56-67
- Sueki Takehiro 末木剛博『西田幾多郎・その哲学的体系II』 (Nishida Kitarō. His Philosophical System, volume II], Tōkyō, Shunjūsha, 1987), 第1節、p. 402-421
[1] Nishida Kitarō 西田幾多郎,『哲学の根本問題・行為の世界、続編・弁証法的世界』 [Fundamental Problems of Philosophy: The World of Action (1933), Fundamental Problems of Philosophy: The Dialectic World (1934)], in 『西田幾多郎全集』, vol. 6, 2003, Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten, 394 p.；p. 167 et 169.
[2] Nishida Kitarō 西田幾多郎, 『哲学論文集・第一』 [Philosophical Essays], in 『西田幾多郎全集』, vol. 7, Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten, 2003, p. 171-210 ;『哲学論文集・ 第二、第三』, in 『西田幾多郎全集』, vol. 8. Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten, 2003, p. 239-252, 491-514.
[3] Sueki Takehiro 末木剛博,『西田幾多郎・その哲学的体系II』 [Nishida Kitarō. His Philosophical System], Tōkyō, Shunjūsha, 1987, 485 p.; 『西田幾多郎・その哲学的体系III』, Tōkyō, Shunjūsha, 1987, 468 p.; 『西田幾多郎・その哲学的体系IV』, Tōkyō, Shunjūsha, 1988, 531 p.
A message from our friends:
Dear friends and colleagues,
The research project Histories of Philosophy in a Global Perspective (Universität Hildesheim, Germany) is publishing a series of bibliographical guides on histories of philosophy in different languages. The guides mainly consist of the bibliographies themselves, presenting a thematically and chronologically organized overview of histories of philosophy in the respective language. These bibliographical collections are a first step towards mapping a globally diverse perspective on philosophical historiographies, with a focus on non-Western traditions. The bibliographies are accompanied by introductions that analyze certain aspects of the history of historiography in the respective language.
The first of these bibliographical guides, Histories of Philosophy and Thought in the Japanese Language: A Bibliographical Guide from 1835 to 2021, has just been published by Yoko Arisaka (Universität Hildesheim), Katō Tetsuri (Nagoya Daigaku), and me. You can find a print version of the book at the Olms-Verlag, but there is also an open access file available under the following link: https://doi.org/10.18442/hpgp-i-1
We hope the bibliographical guide is useful to anyone interested in the historiography of philosophy and thought in Japanese, and we will continue to work with the material ourselves for future publications. We are also grateful for possible additions to the bibliography, criticism, and other feedback!
All the best,
Leon
P.S.: There will be a conference on “Humanities – Eurocentrism – Critique: The European ‘Canon’ of the Humanities under Criticism” organized by our project from July 19th – 23rd, 2022 at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. If you happen to be in the area, consider joining us there: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/histories-of-philosophy/en-berlin-2022-humanities-eurocentrism-critique/
Dear friends and colleagues,
The research project Histories of Philosophy in a Global Perspective (Universität Hildesheim, Germany) is publishing a series of bibliographical guides on histories of philosophy in different languages. The guides mainly consist of the bibliographies themselves, presenting a thematically and chronologically organized overview of histories of philosophy in the respective language. These bibliographical collections are a first step towards mapping a globally diverse perspective on philosophical historiographies, with a focus on non-Western traditions. The bibliographies are accompanied by introductions that analyze certain aspects of the history of historiography in the respective language.
The first of these bibliographical guides, Histories of Philosophy and Thought in the Japanese Language: A Bibliographical Guide from 1835 to 2021, has just been published by Yoko Arisaka (Universität Hildesheim), Katō Tetsuri (Nagoya Daigaku), and me. You can find a print version of the book at the Olms-Verlag, but there is also an open access file available under the following link: https://doi.org/10.18442/hpgp-i-1
We hope the bibliographical guide is useful to anyone interested in the historiography of philosophy and thought in Japanese, and we will continue to work with the material ourselves for future publications. We are also grateful for possible additions to the bibliography, criticism, and other feedback!
All the best,
Leon
P.S.: There will be a conference on “Humanities – Eurocentrism – Critique: The European ‘Canon’ of the Humanities under Criticism” organized by our project from July 19th – 23rd, 2022 at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. If you happen to be in the area, consider joining us there: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/histories-of-philosophy/en-berlin-2022-humanities-eurocentrism-critique/
Dear colleagues,
Please take note of this upcoming webinar event on Zen thought and practice with Bret Davis. Many of you will be interested in this:
https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/zen-buddhism-and-philosophy
Please take note of this upcoming webinar event on Zen thought and practice with Bret Davis. Many of you will be interested in this:
https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/zen-buddhism-and-philosophy
Dear IAJP members,
Please find attached the CFP to participate in the 10th volume of the
Journal of Japanese Philosophy, which will be a special issue focusing
on Nishida's philosophy.
2022april_jjp_vol_nishida_cfp.pdf
Important Dates and Submission Guidelines:
・Deadline for the Submission: January 20
・Submissions should not exceed 8,000 words and should follow the Chicago
Manual of Style. Please refer to our submission guidelines here:
https://es.sonicurlprotection-mia.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202204150349530275242&URLID=1&ESV=10.0.16.7295&IV=09D1A46991A3111BEBF495E69134C446&TT=1649994594494&ESN=Oveki6ryy%2BkRO56ZDGYbN1zugSbSSnMb08u6zD7RUWg%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGRjbmV0Lm9yZy9qanAvU3VibWlzc2lvbi1HdWlkZWxpbmVz&HK=4F51D8110C2B2B5691F7CF325497A24D8EA8BA713FFEDD12A8990620225AA3C7
・Send your paper to: japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Best regards,
Mayuko UEHARA
Please find attached the CFP to participate in the 10th volume of the
Journal of Japanese Philosophy, which will be a special issue focusing
on Nishida's philosophy.
2022april_jjp_vol_nishida_cfp.pdf
Important Dates and Submission Guidelines:
・Deadline for the Submission: January 20
・Submissions should not exceed 8,000 words and should follow the Chicago
Manual of Style. Please refer to our submission guidelines here:
https://es.sonicurlprotection-mia.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202204150349530275242&URLID=1&ESV=10.0.16.7295&IV=09D1A46991A3111BEBF495E69134C446&TT=1649994594494&ESN=Oveki6ryy%2BkRO56ZDGYbN1zugSbSSnMb08u6zD7RUWg%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGRjbmV0Lm9yZy9qanAvU3VibWlzc2lvbi1HdWlkZWxpbmVz&HK=4F51D8110C2B2B5691F7CF325497A24D8EA8BA713FFEDD12A8990620225AA3C7
・Send your paper to: japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Best regards,
Mayuko UEHARA
Notice from Bret Davis announcing the formation of a new society: Erin McCarthy and I are on the Executive Board, and we are really hoping that other comparative philosophers will join us in this interdisciplinary study of contemplative practices and the Asian traditions from which many of them derive. As philosophers, we have much to learn from, and also much to contribute to, the study of these practices by neuroscientists, clinical psychologists, religious studies and other scholars. We are hoping that some IAJP affiliated philosophers will join us and become formative members of this momentous endeavor!
We’re excited to announce the official launch of the new International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR).
Please visit our website to read our society vision and mission, which many of you helped to create. Also take some time to browse around and check out our governance structure to see all the committees you can get involved with. Listen to video introductions from our leadership, and learn all about the symbolism and meaning of our exciting new logo.
We invite you to support the ISCR by becoming one of our foundational members, which will not only support the growth of this interdisciplinary society, but also allow you to enjoy all the benefits of membership, including discounted registration for our inaugural conference, to be held in San Diego in early 2023. Sign up for our society newsletter!
Lastly, follow us on our various social media channels to keep abreast of all the latest ISCR news and events:
Please be sure to add admin@contemplativeresearch.org to your list of contacts.
We thank you for your support in the formation of this society, and look forward to engaging with you further as the society grows.
ISCR Executive Committee
Linda E. Carlson, Doris F. Chang, Bret W. Davis, Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé, Sahib S. Khalsa, Erin McCarthy, Laura Rendon, Harold D. Roth, David Vago & Fadel Zeidan
We’re excited to announce the official launch of the new International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR).
Please visit our website to read our society vision and mission, which many of you helped to create. Also take some time to browse around and check out our governance structure to see all the committees you can get involved with. Listen to video introductions from our leadership, and learn all about the symbolism and meaning of our exciting new logo.
We invite you to support the ISCR by becoming one of our foundational members, which will not only support the growth of this interdisciplinary society, but also allow you to enjoy all the benefits of membership, including discounted registration for our inaugural conference, to be held in San Diego in early 2023. Sign up for our society newsletter!
Lastly, follow us on our various social media channels to keep abreast of all the latest ISCR news and events:
Please be sure to add admin@contemplativeresearch.org to your list of contacts.
We thank you for your support in the formation of this society, and look forward to engaging with you further as the society grows.
ISCR Executive Committee
Linda E. Carlson, Doris F. Chang, Bret W. Davis, Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé, Sahib S. Khalsa, Erin McCarthy, Laura Rendon, Harold D. Roth, David Vago & Fadel Zeidan
Announcement of new book by Bret Davis: Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2022)
Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 480 pages.
This book, the first of its kind, offers a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism. It is written by an academic philosopher who for more than a dozen years practiced Zen in Japan while studying in universities with contemporary heirs of the Kyoto School.
The book lucidly explicates the philosophical implications of Zen teachings and kōans, and critically compares Zen with other Asian as well as Western religions and philosophies. It carefully explains the original context and sense of traditional Zen teachings and practices, and compellingly applies them to our twenty-first century lives.
In addition to explaining the practice of Zen meditation, its twenty-four chapters treat perennial philosophical topics such as the self, nature, art, morality, language, peace, and death, as well as basic Buddhist teachings such as the four noble truths, the middle way, the no-self and true self doctrines, karma, mind and no-mind, rebirth, Nirvana, and the various meanings of the term “Buddha.”
The chapters frequently engage Zen in interreligious dialogue with Christianity and with other religions and schools of Buddhism. The Zen inspired modern philosophies of the Kyoto School are introduced in one chapter and frequently referenced throughout the book. The concluding chapter reviews the entire path of Zen practice and enlightenment with an in-depth commentary on the beloved Zen classic, The Ten Oxherding Pictures.
The book can be read in its entirety as a coherently organized introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen, or chapters can be read independently according to the reader’s specific interests. While based on decades of scholarly study as well as practice and teaching, it is written in an accessible and engaging style. It is designed to be read by college students and lifelong learners as well as scholars and practitioners of the world’s great philosophical and spiritual traditions.
Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 480 pages.
This book, the first of its kind, offers a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism. It is written by an academic philosopher who for more than a dozen years practiced Zen in Japan while studying in universities with contemporary heirs of the Kyoto School.
The book lucidly explicates the philosophical implications of Zen teachings and kōans, and critically compares Zen with other Asian as well as Western religions and philosophies. It carefully explains the original context and sense of traditional Zen teachings and practices, and compellingly applies them to our twenty-first century lives.
In addition to explaining the practice of Zen meditation, its twenty-four chapters treat perennial philosophical topics such as the self, nature, art, morality, language, peace, and death, as well as basic Buddhist teachings such as the four noble truths, the middle way, the no-self and true self doctrines, karma, mind and no-mind, rebirth, Nirvana, and the various meanings of the term “Buddha.”
The chapters frequently engage Zen in interreligious dialogue with Christianity and with other religions and schools of Buddhism. The Zen inspired modern philosophies of the Kyoto School are introduced in one chapter and frequently referenced throughout the book. The concluding chapter reviews the entire path of Zen practice and enlightenment with an in-depth commentary on the beloved Zen classic, The Ten Oxherding Pictures.
The book can be read in its entirety as a coherently organized introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen, or chapters can be read independently according to the reader’s specific interests. While based on decades of scholarly study as well as practice and teaching, it is written in an accessible and engaging style. It is designed to be read by college students and lifelong learners as well as scholars and practitioners of the world’s great philosophical and spiritual traditions.
Dear IAJP members,
Please see this notice and attached pdf from Michael Weems. Many of you will be interested in this:
On February 7 and 9, symposia will be held in which scholars versed in different religious traditions (Islam, Yoruba, Maori, and Hawaiian) will reflect upon Nishida Kitaro's notion of absolute nothingness and how it resonates with their particular traditions. I will bring together these reflections in a paper after the symposia are completed.
We would love for representatives from your organization to attend the symposia. See attached pdf for Zoom link.
nothing_in_common.pdf
FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL
MICKEYWEEMS@YAHOO.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL
MICKEYWEEMS@YAHOO.COM
Please see this notice and attached pdf from Michael Weems. Many of you will be interested in this:
On February 7 and 9, symposia will be held in which scholars versed in different religious traditions (Islam, Yoruba, Maori, and Hawaiian) will reflect upon Nishida Kitaro's notion of absolute nothingness and how it resonates with their particular traditions. I will bring together these reflections in a paper after the symposia are completed.
We would love for representatives from your organization to attend the symposia. See attached pdf for Zoom link.
nothing_in_common.pdf
FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL
MICKEYWEEMS@YAHOO.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL
MICKEYWEEMS@YAHOO.COM
Many of you interested in the history of Zen will be interested in this new book by Prof. John Maraldo, The Saga of Zen History and the Power of Legend from Chisokudō Pub. See the following flyer : zen_saga_cover__13_may_2021_-1.pdf
Many of you interested in the history of Zen will be interested in this new book by Prof. John Maraldo, The Saga of Zen History and the Power of Legend from Chisokudō Pub. See the following flyer : zen_saga_cover__13_may_2021_-1.pdf
Dear Colleagues
The 5th Annual Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy will be held at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan this coming weekend March 13 to March 15 (Japan time) but will also be available for viewing via Zoom. The meeting will be conducted in hybrid format with on-site participants and participants via Zoom. For information on the conference see: https://sites.google.com/view/iajpconference2021/ And for the conference program, see the attached file. The keynote speaker is the Ven. Tanaka Kanjū (Head Priest of Rinzai Sect Nanzen-ji School and Chief Priest of Kounji) and Dr. Yamagiwa Juichi (26 President of Kyoto University and world-renown researcher on primatology and human evolution).
If you are interested in viewing the conference, contact us for the Zoom link at Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Please note that the conference times and dates are Japan Standard Time.
The 5th Annual Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy will be held at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan this coming weekend March 13 to March 15 (Japan time) but will also be available for viewing via Zoom. The meeting will be conducted in hybrid format with on-site participants and participants via Zoom. For information on the conference see: https://sites.google.com/view/iajpconference2021/ And for the conference program, see the attached file. The keynote speaker is the Ven. Tanaka Kanjū (Head Priest of Rinzai Sect Nanzen-ji School and Chief Priest of Kounji) and Dr. Yamagiwa Juichi (26 President of Kyoto University and world-renown researcher on primatology and human evolution).
If you are interested in viewing the conference, contact us for the Zoom link at Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Please note that the conference times and dates are Japan Standard Time.
Dear all,
below please find the practical information regarded the IAJP conference 2021 prepared by Prof. Mayuko Uehara, Kyoto University. The information is also available (in PDF format) on the conference website:
https://sites.google.com/view/iajpconference2021/
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by email.
Best regards,
CY Cheung
***
Practical Information
Dear Participants of the 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) at Nanzen-ji – Kyoto
This meeting will be conducted in hybrid combination manner of “onsite” and “online” (Zoom). The venue for the conference is a commodious ‘tatami’ room, which can accommodate around 300 people. As the IAJP has rented the entire building of Ryōen-kaku 龍渕閣 of Nanzenji solely for our conference, there are many other beautiful spaces (rooms, passageways, kitchen, etc.) where you can keep a sufficient social distance for your safety. The organizers and staff will pay close attention to the prevention of Covid-19 for the sake of all the onsite presenters in Ryōen-kaku.
We have important information to provide to you. Please read carefully the following things.
Prevention of Covid-19
-Please wear a mask.
-Some bottles of alcohol and a thermometer are available in the venue.
-We will not organize a dinner party.
Japanese style floor
-Please take off your shoes at the entrance of Ryōen-kaku and put them in the shoes boxes.
-In the ‘tatami’ room as a venue for the conference, you can use a ‘zabuton’ (floor cushion). If you ask, you can receive a low desk. You can also sit on a low chair or the bench besides the window if necessary.
-The speakers will use a chair and a table during their presentation.
Presentations
-We will have two portable computers that you can use for your presentations if you need.
-Speakers who do presentation ‘on site’: please sent the ppt or a document to Prof. Ching-yuen Cheung (cchingyuen@hotmail.com<mailto:cchingyuen@hotmail.com> ) by March 10. We will set your PPT and document in the computer.
-Speakers who do presentation ‘on line’: please upload your PPT or document on Zoom at the moment of your presentation by yourself.
・Zoom link (with passcode) will be sent to you all during the first week of March by e-mail.
・The ‘on line’ session of the third day (March 15) will be held in the building “International Science Innovation” at Kyoto University. Those who wish to participate, you can be come to the venue on March 15.
Lunch and Coffee break
-We will order box lunches for all the participants who wish to ask. We will prepare a box lunch with a set of cakes and drinks for each person per day on the 13th and the 14th.
-If you wish to take the box lunches (vegetarian or not) and the sets for two days, please contact Prof. Ching-yuen Cheung (cchingyuen@hotmail.com<mailto:cchingyuen@hotmail.com> ) by March 8.
Membership fee
-Membership fee (payment for the lunch and coffee break) will be 4000 yen for two days.
Due to the budget requirements for meals and drinks, we would greatly
appreciate all participants paying this fee during onsite registration.
Accommodations
-We suggest Nanzen-kaikan to those who plan to stay in Kyoto during the IAJP conference. Please contact them directly and provide the name of ‘IAJP (国際日本哲学会) Uehara Mayuko’ https://www.nanzenkaikan.com/ Mail: info@nanzenkaikan. Com / Tel: 075-771-2846
-Please enjoy the breakfast ‘Shojin ryōri’ (additional choice).
Parking
-Some parking lots are available beside the Ryōen-kaku and others. If you need, please contact Prof. Ching-yuen Cheung (cchingyuen@hotmail.com<mailto:cchingyuen@hotmail.com> ).
Tanaka Kanjū, Head Priest of Nanzen-ji and philosopher
-Head Priest Tanaka has published articles on Zen (Japanese, German and English) . You will find them on the home page of IAJP.
Kyoto-U OpenCourseWare (OCW)
-We plan to record (visual and sound) the conference during the two days at Nanzenji with the help of the staff from the Kyoto-U OCW. This record will be published later on the Kyoto-U Website.
-If you use a PPT or other document to show via Zoom, please be sure to put the “references” of all the citations. This is to avoid copyright problems.
-If you don’t wish to publish your presentation as record, you can decline later after the conference concludes.
We hope you all enjoy this conference and that as many as possible can come to Nanzen-ji. Thank you for your cooperation in advance.
On behalf of the IAJP organizers, Mayuko Uehara
Kyoto, February 24, 2021
Transportation to Nanzenji
-The nearest bus stop to Nanzenji Temple is “Nanzenji - Eikandomichi” (南禅寺・永観堂道), which is a 10-minute walk from the temple. You can reach it by using bus line 5.
-The nearest subway station is “Keage Station”(蹴上駅), from the Kyoto Subway Tozai Line. From there, it is a 7-minute walk to Nanzenji.
*-If you come from Kyoto University...*
-There is no direct connection between Kyoto University and Nanzenji. If you come from Kyoto University you will have to change transportation.
-These are some possible routes:
① Get on the metro at “Demachiyanagi Station”(Keihan Line) → get off at
“Sanjo Station”(Keihan Line) → change to the Tozai Line in the direction of
“Keage Station” and get off there.
② Take the Bus 17 at “Hyakumanben” (Kyoto University) → get off at “Kinrin Shako Mae” → from there take Bus 5 in the direction of“Eikandomichi”and get off there.
③ Taking the Bus 201 from the bus stop “Kyodai Seimon mae”(in direction
Gion) → get off at Higashiyama Sanjo → take Bus 5 in direction to
“Nanzenji – Eikandomichi” and get off there.
(Remember, if you plan to use the bus more than 3 times in one day, it is recommended to buy the "One day ticket" for 600 yen on the bus)
*-If you come from Kyoto Central Station...*
If you come from Kyoto Station by bus there is a direct route using Bus 5
(in direction to Iwakura Soshajo). Ride until “Nanzenji – Eikandomichi” and
get off there.
If you want to use the metro, some possible routes are:
① Take the Tokaido Sanyo Line → get down at “Yamashina Station”→ change to the Tozai Line and ride until “Keage Station”, getting off there.
Duration: about 20 minutes.
② Using the Karasuma Line → ride to “Karasuma Oike Station”and get off → connect to the Tozai Line in the direction of “Keage Station”, where you should get off. Duration: about 20 minutes.
below please find the practical information regarded the IAJP conference 2021 prepared by Prof. Mayuko Uehara, Kyoto University. The information is also available (in PDF format) on the conference website:
https://sites.google.com/view/iajpconference2021/
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by email.
Best regards,
CY Cheung
***
Practical Information
Dear Participants of the 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) at Nanzen-ji – Kyoto
This meeting will be conducted in hybrid combination manner of “onsite” and “online” (Zoom). The venue for the conference is a commodious ‘tatami’ room, which can accommodate around 300 people. As the IAJP has rented the entire building of Ryōen-kaku 龍渕閣 of Nanzenji solely for our conference, there are many other beautiful spaces (rooms, passageways, kitchen, etc.) where you can keep a sufficient social distance for your safety. The organizers and staff will pay close attention to the prevention of Covid-19 for the sake of all the onsite presenters in Ryōen-kaku.
We have important information to provide to you. Please read carefully the following things.
Prevention of Covid-19
-Please wear a mask.
-Some bottles of alcohol and a thermometer are available in the venue.
-We will not organize a dinner party.
Japanese style floor
-Please take off your shoes at the entrance of Ryōen-kaku and put them in the shoes boxes.
-In the ‘tatami’ room as a venue for the conference, you can use a ‘zabuton’ (floor cushion). If you ask, you can receive a low desk. You can also sit on a low chair or the bench besides the window if necessary.
-The speakers will use a chair and a table during their presentation.
Presentations
-We will have two portable computers that you can use for your presentations if you need.
-Speakers who do presentation ‘on site’: please sent the ppt or a document to Prof. Ching-yuen Cheung (cchingyuen@hotmail.com<mailto:cchingyuen@hotmail.com> ) by March 10. We will set your PPT and document in the computer.
-Speakers who do presentation ‘on line’: please upload your PPT or document on Zoom at the moment of your presentation by yourself.
・Zoom link (with passcode) will be sent to you all during the first week of March by e-mail.
・The ‘on line’ session of the third day (March 15) will be held in the building “International Science Innovation” at Kyoto University. Those who wish to participate, you can be come to the venue on March 15.
Lunch and Coffee break
-We will order box lunches for all the participants who wish to ask. We will prepare a box lunch with a set of cakes and drinks for each person per day on the 13th and the 14th.
-If you wish to take the box lunches (vegetarian or not) and the sets for two days, please contact Prof. Ching-yuen Cheung (cchingyuen@hotmail.com<mailto:cchingyuen@hotmail.com> ) by March 8.
Membership fee
-Membership fee (payment for the lunch and coffee break) will be 4000 yen for two days.
Due to the budget requirements for meals and drinks, we would greatly
appreciate all participants paying this fee during onsite registration.
Accommodations
-We suggest Nanzen-kaikan to those who plan to stay in Kyoto during the IAJP conference. Please contact them directly and provide the name of ‘IAJP (国際日本哲学会) Uehara Mayuko’ https://www.nanzenkaikan.com/ Mail: info@nanzenkaikan. Com / Tel: 075-771-2846
-Please enjoy the breakfast ‘Shojin ryōri’ (additional choice).
Parking
-Some parking lots are available beside the Ryōen-kaku and others. If you need, please contact Prof. Ching-yuen Cheung (cchingyuen@hotmail.com<mailto:cchingyuen@hotmail.com> ).
Tanaka Kanjū, Head Priest of Nanzen-ji and philosopher
-Head Priest Tanaka has published articles on Zen (Japanese, German and English) . You will find them on the home page of IAJP.
Kyoto-U OpenCourseWare (OCW)
-We plan to record (visual and sound) the conference during the two days at Nanzenji with the help of the staff from the Kyoto-U OCW. This record will be published later on the Kyoto-U Website.
-If you use a PPT or other document to show via Zoom, please be sure to put the “references” of all the citations. This is to avoid copyright problems.
-If you don’t wish to publish your presentation as record, you can decline later after the conference concludes.
We hope you all enjoy this conference and that as many as possible can come to Nanzen-ji. Thank you for your cooperation in advance.
On behalf of the IAJP organizers, Mayuko Uehara
Kyoto, February 24, 2021
Transportation to Nanzenji
-The nearest bus stop to Nanzenji Temple is “Nanzenji - Eikandomichi” (南禅寺・永観堂道), which is a 10-minute walk from the temple. You can reach it by using bus line 5.
-The nearest subway station is “Keage Station”(蹴上駅), from the Kyoto Subway Tozai Line. From there, it is a 7-minute walk to Nanzenji.
*-If you come from Kyoto University...*
-There is no direct connection between Kyoto University and Nanzenji. If you come from Kyoto University you will have to change transportation.
-These are some possible routes:
① Get on the metro at “Demachiyanagi Station”(Keihan Line) → get off at
“Sanjo Station”(Keihan Line) → change to the Tozai Line in the direction of
“Keage Station” and get off there.
② Take the Bus 17 at “Hyakumanben” (Kyoto University) → get off at “Kinrin Shako Mae” → from there take Bus 5 in the direction of“Eikandomichi”and get off there.
③ Taking the Bus 201 from the bus stop “Kyodai Seimon mae”(in direction
Gion) → get off at Higashiyama Sanjo → take Bus 5 in direction to
“Nanzenji – Eikandomichi” and get off there.
(Remember, if you plan to use the bus more than 3 times in one day, it is recommended to buy the "One day ticket" for 600 yen on the bus)
*-If you come from Kyoto Central Station...*
If you come from Kyoto Station by bus there is a direct route using Bus 5
(in direction to Iwakura Soshajo). Ride until “Nanzenji – Eikandomichi” and
get off there.
If you want to use the metro, some possible routes are:
① Take the Tokaido Sanyo Line → get down at “Yamashina Station”→ change to the Tozai Line and ride until “Keage Station”, getting off there.
Duration: about 20 minutes.
② Using the Karasuma Line → ride to “Karasuma Oike Station”and get off → connect to the Tozai Line in the direction of “Keage Station”, where you should get off. Duration: about 20 minutes.
Annoucement, June 2020
The 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
13-14 March 2021 at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto
CALL FOR PAPERS
“95 Years after the Birth of Nishida Philosophy－‘Basho’ as Symbiosis of Non-Human and Human”
It was in 1926 that Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) formulated the logic of ‘basho’ (place) and published an essay on it. The theme of the 2021 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) will be on Nishida philosophy after 95 years of its birth.
Nishida philosophy as a logic of ‘basho’ developed from previous stages of his thinking centered around the concepts of ‘pure experience’ (junsui keiken) and ‘self-awakening’ (jikaku). With the establishment of this logical structure, Nishida developed the logic of ‘basho’ further as a logic of human society and the historical world. We find, with this thematic deepening of Nishida Philosophy, one after another, issues to be probed, such as ‘the relationality of self and other’, ‘life’, ‘body and action’, ‘technology’, ‘art’, ‘human being,’ ‘religion’, etc.
Currently at this moment, in the year 2020, the world is being visited by a pandemic and our daily life is no longer as it was. We are thus pressed to revolutionize our view of the world or, to put it differently, we are urged to reconsider the relationship of our social distance with family, friends, colleagues, and others with whom we live, work, and create. Moreover, we are also necessitated to find ways to live symbiotically not only with human beings, but with “non-humans,” organic and inorganic, including viruses. 95 years after the birth of Nishida philosophy, do we have the need now to reconsider the concept of ‘basho’? Do we have the need now to seriously investigate and possibly incorporate the significance of the biologically “non-human” even if this topic was rather thin in Nishida’s own philosophy?
The organizers of the 5th Conference of the IAJP would like to invite you to think together with us about “‘basho’ as symbiosis of non-human and human” before and after the pandemic at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto.
Please apply by submitting your abstract to the IAJP organizers. Topics related to this theme might include, but would not be limited to:
・logic of basho (place), absolute dialectic, comparable logics of other philosophers than Nishida
・the non-human, nothingness, cosmos
・life, living things, ecosystem
・art, technics, technology
・symbiosis, coexistence, co-creation
Important Dates and Approximate length of the abstract:
・Deadline for the Submission: September 30, 2020
・Length: 300 words
・Send your abstract to : japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Nanzen-ji temple has reopened after a period of quarantine in response to the Corona virus for zazen meeting during the first week of June. We will be monitoring the situation of the pandemic in Kyoto and Japan that may affect the conference and will arrange the conditions of the venue as appropriate. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.
IAJP organizers
The 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
13-14 March 2021 at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto
CALL FOR PAPERS
“95 Years after the Birth of Nishida Philosophy－‘Basho’ as Symbiosis of Non-Human and Human”
It was in 1926 that Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) formulated the logic of ‘basho’ (place) and published an essay on it. The theme of the 2021 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) will be on Nishida philosophy after 95 years of its birth.
Nishida philosophy as a logic of ‘basho’ developed from previous stages of his thinking centered around the concepts of ‘pure experience’ (junsui keiken) and ‘self-awakening’ (jikaku). With the establishment of this logical structure, Nishida developed the logic of ‘basho’ further as a logic of human society and the historical world. We find, with this thematic deepening of Nishida Philosophy, one after another, issues to be probed, such as ‘the relationality of self and other’, ‘life’, ‘body and action’, ‘technology’, ‘art’, ‘human being,’ ‘religion’, etc.
Currently at this moment, in the year 2020, the world is being visited by a pandemic and our daily life is no longer as it was. We are thus pressed to revolutionize our view of the world or, to put it differently, we are urged to reconsider the relationship of our social distance with family, friends, colleagues, and others with whom we live, work, and create. Moreover, we are also necessitated to find ways to live symbiotically not only with human beings, but with “non-humans,” organic and inorganic, including viruses. 95 years after the birth of Nishida philosophy, do we have the need now to reconsider the concept of ‘basho’? Do we have the need now to seriously investigate and possibly incorporate the significance of the biologically “non-human” even if this topic was rather thin in Nishida’s own philosophy?
The organizers of the 5th Conference of the IAJP would like to invite you to think together with us about “‘basho’ as symbiosis of non-human and human” before and after the pandemic at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto.
Please apply by submitting your abstract to the IAJP organizers. Topics related to this theme might include, but would not be limited to:
・logic of basho (place), absolute dialectic, comparable logics of other philosophers than Nishida
・the non-human, nothingness, cosmos
・life, living things, ecosystem
・art, technics, technology
・symbiosis, coexistence, co-creation
Important Dates and Approximate length of the abstract:
・Deadline for the Submission: September 30, 2020
・Length: 300 words
・Send your abstract to : japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Nanzen-ji temple has reopened after a period of quarantine in response to the Corona virus for zazen meeting during the first week of June. We will be monitoring the situation of the pandemic in Kyoto and Japan that may affect the conference and will arrange the conditions of the venue as appropriate. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.
IAJP organizers
Invitation to the International Online Conference »Kyoto in Davos. The Question of the Human from a Cross Cultural Vantage Point«.
We invite you to listen to, discuss and actively participate in a hybrid online conference on intercultural philosophy.
The international conference, “Kyoto in Davos,” returns to the well-known 1929 Davos disputation between Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) that focused on the central question of Kantian philosophy “Was ist der Mensch?” and considers what directions the debate might have taken had Nishida Kitarō (1870- 1945) – or any of the other members of the Kyoto School or thinker from Japan – been present.
For the schedule and the updated programm check out our website: www.kyotoindavos.de
Please register by e-mail by August 31st 2020: kyotoindavos@protonmail.com
Don’t hesitate to get in touch for questions: ralf.mueller@uni-hildesheim.de
Your KiD’s team
Domenico Schneider
Tobias Endres
Ralf Müller
We invite you to listen to, discuss and actively participate in a hybrid online conference on intercultural philosophy.
- two weeks of asynchronous discussion based on uploaded video presentations of well-known specialists in the field of Japanese philosophy and philosophy of culture from 27th of August until the 9th of September 2020
- three days of 180 minutes live zoom sessions on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of September 2020
The international conference, “Kyoto in Davos,” returns to the well-known 1929 Davos disputation between Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) that focused on the central question of Kantian philosophy “Was ist der Mensch?” and considers what directions the debate might have taken had Nishida Kitarō (1870- 1945) – or any of the other members of the Kyoto School or thinker from Japan – been present.
For the schedule and the updated programm check out our website: www.kyotoindavos.de
Please register by e-mail by August 31st 2020: kyotoindavos@protonmail.com
Don’t hesitate to get in touch for questions: ralf.mueller@uni-hildesheim.de
Your KiD’s team
Domenico Schneider
Tobias Endres
Ralf Müller
Announcement, June 2020
The 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
13-14 March 2021 at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto
CALL FOR PAPERS
“95 Years after the Birth of Nishida Philosophy－‘Basho’ as Symbiosis of Non-Human and Human”
It was in 1926 that Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) formulated the logic of ‘basho’ (place) and published an essay on it. The theme of the 2021 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) will be on Nishida philosophy after 95 years of its birth.
Nishida philosophy as a logic of ‘basho’ developed from previous stages of his thinking centered around the concepts of ‘pure experience’ (junsui keiken) and ‘self-awakening’ (jikaku). With the establishment of this logical structure, Nishida developed the logic of ‘basho’ further as a logic of human society and the historical world. We find, with this thematic deepening of Nishida Philosophy, one after another, issues to be probed, such as ‘the relationality of self and other’, ‘life’, ‘body and action’, ‘technology’, ‘art’, ‘human being,’ ‘religion’, etc.
Currently at this moment, in the year 2020, the world is being visited by a pandemic and our daily life is no longer as it was. We are thus pressed to revolutionize our view of the world or, to put it differently, we are urged to reconsider the relationship of our social distance with family, friends, colleagues, and others with whom we live, work, and create. Moreover, we are also necessitated to find ways to live symbiotically not only with human beings, but with “non-humans,” organic and inorganic, including viruses. 95 years after the birth of Nishida philosophy, do we have the need now to reconsider the concept of ‘basho’? Do we have the need now to seriously investigate and possibly incorporate the significance of the biologically “non-human” even if this topic was rather thin in Nishida’s own philosophy?
The organizers of the 5th Conference of the IAJP would like to invite you to think together with us about “‘basho’ as symbiosis of non-human and human” before and after the pandemic at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto.
Please apply by submitting your abstract to the IAJP organizers. Topics related to this theme might include, but would not be limited to:
・logic of basho (place), absolute dialectic, comparable logics of other philosophers than Nishida
・the non-human, nothingness, cosmos
・life, living things, ecosystem
・art, technics, technology
・symbiosis, coexistence, co-creation
Important Dates and Approximate length of the abstract:
・Deadline for the Submission: September 30, 2020
・Length: 300 words
・Send your abstract to : japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Nanzen-ji temple has reopened after a period of quarantine in response to the Corona virus for zazen meeting during the first week of June. We hope that the 5th Conference of the IAJP will be realized despite this uncertainty. We will inform you of any changes in the situation of Kyoto and Japan that may affect the conference. We will be closely monitoring the situation and will arrange the conditions of the venue as appropriate. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.
IAJP organizers
The 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
13-14 March 2021 at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto
CALL FOR PAPERS
“95 Years after the Birth of Nishida Philosophy－‘Basho’ as Symbiosis of Non-Human and Human”
It was in 1926 that Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) formulated the logic of ‘basho’ (place) and published an essay on it. The theme of the 2021 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) will be on Nishida philosophy after 95 years of its birth.
Nishida philosophy as a logic of ‘basho’ developed from previous stages of his thinking centered around the concepts of ‘pure experience’ (junsui keiken) and ‘self-awakening’ (jikaku). With the establishment of this logical structure, Nishida developed the logic of ‘basho’ further as a logic of human society and the historical world. We find, with this thematic deepening of Nishida Philosophy, one after another, issues to be probed, such as ‘the relationality of self and other’, ‘life’, ‘body and action’, ‘technology’, ‘art’, ‘human being,’ ‘religion’, etc.
Currently at this moment, in the year 2020, the world is being visited by a pandemic and our daily life is no longer as it was. We are thus pressed to revolutionize our view of the world or, to put it differently, we are urged to reconsider the relationship of our social distance with family, friends, colleagues, and others with whom we live, work, and create. Moreover, we are also necessitated to find ways to live symbiotically not only with human beings, but with “non-humans,” organic and inorganic, including viruses. 95 years after the birth of Nishida philosophy, do we have the need now to reconsider the concept of ‘basho’? Do we have the need now to seriously investigate and possibly incorporate the significance of the biologically “non-human” even if this topic was rather thin in Nishida’s own philosophy?
The organizers of the 5th Conference of the IAJP would like to invite you to think together with us about “‘basho’ as symbiosis of non-human and human” before and after the pandemic at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto.
Please apply by submitting your abstract to the IAJP organizers. Topics related to this theme might include, but would not be limited to:
・logic of basho (place), absolute dialectic, comparable logics of other philosophers than Nishida
・the non-human, nothingness, cosmos
・life, living things, ecosystem
・art, technics, technology
・symbiosis, coexistence, co-creation
Important Dates and Approximate length of the abstract:
・Deadline for the Submission: September 30, 2020
・Length: 300 words
・Send your abstract to : japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Nanzen-ji temple has reopened after a period of quarantine in response to the Corona virus for zazen meeting during the first week of June. We hope that the 5th Conference of the IAJP will be realized despite this uncertainty. We will inform you of any changes in the situation of Kyoto and Japan that may affect the conference. We will be closely monitoring the situation and will arrange the conditions of the venue as appropriate. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.
IAJP organizers
Dear Members of the IAJP,
We are planning to hold the next conference of the IAJP but are paying close attention to the circumstances caused by Covid-19. Despite the difficulties, we are pleased to announce the details of our 5th conference. It will be held on 13 and 14 March 2021 at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto. The topic of this conference concerns Nishida Philosophy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the philosopher’s birth slightly late! The call for papers will be coming soon. Please wait for our next message.
IAJP organizers
We are planning to hold the next conference of the IAJP but are paying close attention to the circumstances caused by Covid-19. Despite the difficulties, we are pleased to announce the details of our 5th conference. It will be held on 13 and 14 March 2021 at Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto. The topic of this conference concerns Nishida Philosophy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the philosopher’s birth slightly late! The call for papers will be coming soon. Please wait for our next message.
IAJP organizers
Call for Papers: “The Possibility of ‘Tokyo School’ Philosophy”
The Journal of Japanese Philosophy invites contributions to a special issue on the
theme “The Possibility of ‘Tokyo School’ Philosophy” that is scheduled to be published as Vol. 9 of our journal in 2022 from SUNY Press.
This special issue calls for papers that cover a wide range of issues surrounding
philosophers associated with Tokyo-based universities. In contrast to the Kyoto School
represented by iconic philosopher NISHIDA Kitarō and his colleagues, the influence of “Tokyo
philosophy” and the possibility of a “Tokyo School” has received less attention, and so such
philosophical output has generally been absorbed into “Japanese philosophy” at large.
Tokyo is home to a number of prominent academic centers, including the University of
Tokyo, founded in 1877. Unlike Kyoto School, perhaps the characteristics of Tokyo philosophy
could be described as a complex network of scholars who happened to be based in Tokyo,
historically including, but not limited to, INOUE Enryō, INOUE Tetsujirō, WATSUJI Tetsurō,
HIROMATSU Wataru, ŌMORI Shōzō, and SAKABE Megumi. In times of increasing modernization
and globalization, critical engagement with the lineage of Tokyo-based philosophy will serve to
bring its philosophical identity into focus and to help share the experiences of modern Japanese
discourse.
In this special edition on Tokyo-based philosophy and the possibility of a “Tokyo
School” philosophy, we would like to invite papers that focus on the philosophical heritage of
Tokyo as a site of academic exchange and production. Topics related to this theme might include,
but would not be limited to:
• Any philosophical work by a contemporary philosopher of Tokyo today;
• An essay on a philosophical issue that features a philosopher (or philosophers) associated
with a Tokyo-based university, either current or historical;
• A historical look at the lineage of Tokyo University philosophy, or a study of the general
characteristics that distinguish Tokyo-based academic philosophy;
• Any study of prominent, or lesser-known, Tokyo-based scholars, contemporary or
historical.
Important Dates and Approximate length of the paper:
• Deadline for the Submission: November 2020
• Length: The submission should NOT exceed 8,000 words.
• Submit completed essays to tokyoCFP@gmail.com, subject line Tokyo CFP
The Journal of Japanese Philosophy invites contributions to a special issue on the
theme “The Possibility of ‘Tokyo School’ Philosophy” that is scheduled to be published as Vol. 9 of our journal in 2022 from SUNY Press.
This special issue calls for papers that cover a wide range of issues surrounding
philosophers associated with Tokyo-based universities. In contrast to the Kyoto School
represented by iconic philosopher NISHIDA Kitarō and his colleagues, the influence of “Tokyo
philosophy” and the possibility of a “Tokyo School” has received less attention, and so such
philosophical output has generally been absorbed into “Japanese philosophy” at large.
Tokyo is home to a number of prominent academic centers, including the University of
Tokyo, founded in 1877. Unlike Kyoto School, perhaps the characteristics of Tokyo philosophy
could be described as a complex network of scholars who happened to be based in Tokyo,
historically including, but not limited to, INOUE Enryō, INOUE Tetsujirō, WATSUJI Tetsurō,
HIROMATSU Wataru, ŌMORI Shōzō, and SAKABE Megumi. In times of increasing modernization
and globalization, critical engagement with the lineage of Tokyo-based philosophy will serve to
bring its philosophical identity into focus and to help share the experiences of modern Japanese
discourse.
In this special edition on Tokyo-based philosophy and the possibility of a “Tokyo
School” philosophy, we would like to invite papers that focus on the philosophical heritage of
Tokyo as a site of academic exchange and production. Topics related to this theme might include,
but would not be limited to:
• Any philosophical work by a contemporary philosopher of Tokyo today;
• An essay on a philosophical issue that features a philosopher (or philosophers) associated
with a Tokyo-based university, either current or historical;
• A historical look at the lineage of Tokyo University philosophy, or a study of the general
characteristics that distinguish Tokyo-based academic philosophy;
• Any study of prominent, or lesser-known, Tokyo-based scholars, contemporary or
historical.
Important Dates and Approximate length of the paper:
• Deadline for the Submission: November 2020
• Length: The submission should NOT exceed 8,000 words.
• Submit completed essays to tokyoCFP@gmail.com, subject line Tokyo CFP
Dear Colleagues!
Please take note of following Call for Papers:
»Kyoto in Davos. The Question of the Human from a Cross Cultural Vantage Point.«
The conference will take place at Institute of Philosophy (Domäne),
Hildesheim University, Germany, September 10-13, 2020.
Deadline of the Call for Papers is 15th of March 2020.
Abbreviated description of the PDF enclosed:
cfp_-_kyoto_in_davos.pdf
The international conference, “Kyoto in Davos,” to be held in Hildesheim, Germany, returns to the well-known 1929 Davos disputation between Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) that focused on the central question of Kantian philosophy “Was ist der Mensch?” and considers what directions the debate might have taken had Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) – or any of the other members of the Kyoto School or thinker from Japan – been present.
Kind regards
Ralf Müller
Please take note of following Call for Papers:
»Kyoto in Davos. The Question of the Human from a Cross Cultural Vantage Point.«
The conference will take place at Institute of Philosophy (Domäne),
Hildesheim University, Germany, September 10-13, 2020.
Deadline of the Call for Papers is 15th of March 2020.
Abbreviated description of the PDF enclosed:
cfp_-_kyoto_in_davos.pdf
The international conference, “Kyoto in Davos,” to be held in Hildesheim, Germany, returns to the well-known 1929 Davos disputation between Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) that focused on the central question of Kantian philosophy “Was ist der Mensch?” and considers what directions the debate might have taken had Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945) – or any of the other members of the Kyoto School or thinker from Japan – been present.
Kind regards
Ralf Müller
Announcing the recent publication of John Maraldo's second volume of essays on Japanese philosophy:
Japanese Philosophy in the Making 2: Borderline Interrogations, by John C. Maraldo
Nagoya: Chisokudō Publications, 2019 printed on demand and available from amazon, $18.
The second of three volumes of essays that engage Japanese philosophers as intercultural thinkers, this collection critically probes seminal works for their historical significance and contemporary relevance. It shows how the relational ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō serves as a resource for new conceptions of trust, dignity, and human rights; how forgiveness empowers the repentance and the sense of responsibility advocated by Tanabe Hajime, and how Kuki Shūzō’s philosophy of contingency puts a fortuitous twist on normative ethics. The author also re-examines the controversy about Kyoto School wartime writings so as to uncover the covert side of today’s empires, and reflects on the hidden consequences of seeing nature as the non-human world. Underlying these investigations is a consistent style that interrogates philosophers for what lies undisclosed and that exposes decisive questions that arise between us and them.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
Watsuji tetsurō’s trans-lation of ethics 15
How Watsuji Trans-lated Ethics: The Hermeneutical
Approach 21
Trust and Truthfulness Between Cultures 41
The Perils of Watsuji’s Ethics: An Attempt at Balanced
Critique 78
Dignity and Respect: Reconceptualizing their Relationship 97
Tanabe Hajime’s philosophy of metanoetics 145
Metanoetics and the Crisis of Reason: Tanabe, Nishida, and
Contemporary Philosophy 151
The Question of Responsibility in Tanabe’s Metanoetics 178
Kuki shūzō’s philosophy of contingency 209
The Contingencies of Kuki Shūzō 217
Kuki Shūzō’s Fortuitous Ethics 238
Kuki Shūzō’s Fourfold Conversion of Pure Land Buddhism 264
National identity, modernity, and war 287
The Identity of the Kyoto School: A Critical Analysis 293
Questioning Nationalism Now and Then 318
Revisiting Rude Awakenings: The Dangerous (?) Thought of the
Kyoto School 357
Ecological reflections 403
Placing in Question the Quest of a Worldview for the Twenty-First
Century 403
Nature Without Us or Within Us? Some Philosophical
Reflections 429
Bibliography 465
Index 491
Japanese Philosophy in the Making 2: Borderline Interrogations, by John C. Maraldo
Nagoya: Chisokudō Publications, 2019 printed on demand and available from amazon, $18.
The second of three volumes of essays that engage Japanese philosophers as intercultural thinkers, this collection critically probes seminal works for their historical significance and contemporary relevance. It shows how the relational ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō serves as a resource for new conceptions of trust, dignity, and human rights; how forgiveness empowers the repentance and the sense of responsibility advocated by Tanabe Hajime, and how Kuki Shūzō’s philosophy of contingency puts a fortuitous twist on normative ethics. The author also re-examines the controversy about Kyoto School wartime writings so as to uncover the covert side of today’s empires, and reflects on the hidden consequences of seeing nature as the non-human world. Underlying these investigations is a consistent style that interrogates philosophers for what lies undisclosed and that exposes decisive questions that arise between us and them.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
Watsuji tetsurō’s trans-lation of ethics 15
How Watsuji Trans-lated Ethics: The Hermeneutical
Approach 21
Trust and Truthfulness Between Cultures 41
The Perils of Watsuji’s Ethics: An Attempt at Balanced
Critique 78
Dignity and Respect: Reconceptualizing their Relationship 97
Tanabe Hajime’s philosophy of metanoetics 145
Metanoetics and the Crisis of Reason: Tanabe, Nishida, and
Contemporary Philosophy 151
The Question of Responsibility in Tanabe’s Metanoetics 178
Kuki shūzō’s philosophy of contingency 209
The Contingencies of Kuki Shūzō 217
Kuki Shūzō’s Fortuitous Ethics 238
Kuki Shūzō’s Fourfold Conversion of Pure Land Buddhism 264
National identity, modernity, and war 287
The Identity of the Kyoto School: A Critical Analysis 293
Questioning Nationalism Now and Then 318
Revisiting Rude Awakenings: The Dangerous (?) Thought of the
Kyoto School 357
Ecological reflections 403
Placing in Question the Quest of a Worldview for the Twenty-First
Century 403
Nature Without Us or Within Us? Some Philosophical
Reflections 429
Bibliography 465
Index 491
Announcing the publication of Watsuji on Nature: Japanese Philosophy in the Wake of Heidegger by David Johnson, published by Northwestern University Press. Watsuji scholars and students will want to take note of this new book on Watsuji authored by an IAJP member and colleague: http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/watsuji-nature
Announcing the publication of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy: A Reader edited by John Krummel, published by Rowman & Littlefield International: It focuses on postwar philosophy in Japan. The 1st part has translations of excerpts from works by Maruyama, Izutsu, Yuasa, Ueda, Ōmori, Nakamura, Kimura, Hiromatsu, Sakabe, and Karatani. The 2nd part has contributing essays on post-war Kyoto School, Marxist phenomenologicalphilosophy, and feminist philosophy by contemporary scholars (Fujita Masakatsu, Mayuko Uehara, and Naka Mao). rowman.com/ISBN/9781786600844
Announcing the recent publication of The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy edited by Bret Davis and published by Oxford University Press. See the link: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199945726.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199945726
This book, with contributions from the top scholars in the field, should be of interest for many of you.
This book, with contributions from the top scholars in the field, should be of interest for many of you.
Of interest to Inoue Enryō scholars:
1. Rainer Schulzer will hold a small workshop about the early reception of Western philosophy on July 27 at Toyo University. He will discuss the origins of Fenollosa's understanding of Kant. The event will be in Japanese. For more information, see attached poster.
2. Rainer Schulzer's Inoue Enryo: A Philosophical Portrait (SUNY Press) is now available in
paperback.
1. Rainer Schulzer will hold a small workshop about the early reception of Western philosophy on July 27 at Toyo University. He will discuss the origins of Fenollosa's understanding of Kant. The event will be in Japanese. For more information, see attached poster.
2. Rainer Schulzer's Inoue Enryo: A Philosophical Portrait (SUNY Press) is now available in
paperback.
To Nishida scholars:
A new Nishida translation is now available in French made by Professor Jacynthe Tremblay:
NISHIDA Kitarō, La Détermination du néant marquée par l’autoéveil. Nagoya, Chisokudō Publications, 2019, 448 p. ( 西田幾多郎, 『無の自覚的限定』, in 『西田幾多郎全集』, vol. 5.Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten, 2002.)
A new Nishida translation is now available in French made by Professor Jacynthe Tremblay:
NISHIDA Kitarō, La Détermination du néant marquée par l’autoéveil. Nagoya, Chisokudō Publications, 2019, 448 p. ( 西田幾多郎, 『無の自覚的限定』, in 『西田幾多郎全集』, vol. 5.Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten, 2002.)
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We are happy to announce that the "Dao Companion to Japanese Buddhist Philosophy" has been published by Springer (https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789048129232). This volume discusses central issues concerning Buddhist philosophy in Japan as well as the academic study thereof and introduces its main representatives.
www.springer.com/in/book/9789048129232 On June 22, Tōhoku University will host the 43rd annual Husserl Abend on the topic "Dōgen's philosophy - from Western and Japanese perspectives." Everyone is welcome to attend.
The third annual meeting of the International Society of Takahashi Satomi Philosophy will be held in the Kojirakawa Library of Yamagata University on June 17, 2019. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Philosophy lecture at Temple University Japan June 12, 2019 Wednesday:
TUJ Philosophy Lecture Series Vol. 10 John W. Krummel on “Lask, Heidegger, and Nishida: From Meaning as Object to Horizon and Place” www.tuj.ac.jp/news/2019/04/12/tuj-philosophy-lecture-vol-10-john-w-krummel/ 西田・田辺記念講演会のご案内
2019年度の西田・田辺記念講演会を下記の通り開催いたします。 ご出席下さいますよう、どうぞ宜しくお願い申し上げます。 日時 6月1日（土）午後1時30分 場所 京都大学文学部 第３講義室 （http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/access/ をご参照下さい。） 講演 松丸 壽雄 氏 （ドイツ「恵光」日本文化センター 所長） 「西田と科学」 田中 裕 氏 （上智大学 名誉教授） 「懺悔道と菩薩行」 主催 西田・田辺記念講演会（京都大学文学研究科 日本哲学史研究室・宗教学研究室） 交通案内 ・地下鉄「今出川」駅より市バス２０１、２０３ 系統で「百万遍」下車 ・ＪＲ「京都」駅より市バス２０６系統で 「百万遍」下車 ・京阪「出町柳」駅より東へ徒歩約１０分 講演会終了後、懇親会を開催します。参加を希望される方は、5月23日までに、 ご連絡ください。 連絡先：〒606-8501 京都市左京区吉田本町 京都大学文学研究科 日本哲学史研究室 電話 075-753-2869 E-mail japanese_philosophy@yahoo.co.jp ■□━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━□■ 京都大学文学部 日本哲学史研究室 〒606-8501 京都市左京区吉田本町京都大学文学部内 【 TEL 】 075-753-2869 【eMail】 mailto:japanese_philosophy@yahoo.co.jp 【 URL 】 http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/nittetsu/ ■□━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━□■ Announcing a new book on Tanabe Hajime in relation to Desmond by Takeshi Morisato:
Faith and Reason in Continental and Japanese Philosophy: Reading Tanabe and Desmond (Bloomsbury) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/faith-and-reason-in-continental-and-japanese-philosophy-9781350092532/ International Association for Japanese Philosophy
2019 International Conference: “Kyoto School, Tokyo School, and Beyond” Date: 12–13 October 2019 Venue: East-West Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Organizer: International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) Co-organizer: Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i Theme Kyoto School, Tokyo School, and Beyond Languages English and Japanese Important Dates 1 April 2019: Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers 1 May 2019: Notification of acceptance by email 1 June 2019: Release of tentative program Synopsis This fourth annual international conference for IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in the context of, and beyond, the Kyoto School or the Tokyo School; and 3) developing a solid network for researchers working on Japanese philosophy. Kyoto School and Tokyo School are representative philosophical schools in Japan, associated with Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo, respectively, but Japanese philosophy offers more than doctrines of particular schools. This conference welcomes proposals for critical and insightful presentations that challenge the study of Japanese philosophy through the re-reading and reconfiguring of related philosophical texts and issues, from East/West or even North/South perspectives. This conference specifically encourages young scholars along with seasoned veterans to submit their proposals. Topics may cover any period, figure, or context pertaining to Japanese philosophy and thought. Call for Papers
For organized panels, please submit the following in MS Word format: 1. Full names (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliations (including Department) and email addresses of 3 to 4 members of the panels and indicate one as the chair 2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for the panel 3. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for each papers of the panel 4. Research interests 5. Publications (optional) For individual papers, please submit the following in MS Word format: 1. Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address 2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract 3. Research interests 4. Publications (optional) Each individual paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion Visa, transportation, registration, accommodation, and meals Visa fees and transportation should be self-financed and arranged by the panelists themselves. Information on registration, accommodation, and meals will be announced upon notification of acceptance to the conference. Enquiry All enquiries should be copied to the IAJP (japanesephilosophy@gmail.com) and Leah Kalmanson (kalmanson@gmail.com). Website TBA International Association for Japanese Philosophy
2019 International Conference: “Kyoto School, Tokyo School, and Beyond” Date: 12–13 October 2019 Venue: East-West Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Organizer: International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) Co-organizer: Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i Theme Kyoto School, Tokyo School, and Beyond Languages English and Japanese Important Dates 1 April 2019: Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers 1 May 2019: Notification of acceptance by email 1 June 2019: Release of tentative program Synopsis This fourth annual international conference for IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in the context of, and beyond, the Kyoto School or the Tokyo School; and 3) developing a solid network for researchers working on Japanese philosophy. Kyoto School and Tokyo School are representative philosophical schools in Japan, associated with Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo, respectively, but Japanese philosophy offers more than doctrines of particular schools. This conference welcomes proposals for critical and insightful presentations that challenge the study of Japanese philosophy through the re-reading and reconfiguring of related philosophical texts and issues, from East/West or even North/South perspectives. This conference specifically encourages young scholars along with seasoned veterans to submit their proposals. Topics may cover any period, figure, or context pertaining to Japanese philosophy and thought. Call for Papers
For organized panels, please submit the following in MS Word format: 1. Full names (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliations (including Department) and email addresses of 3 to 4 members of the panels and indicate one as the chair 2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for the panel 3. A 250-word (maximum) abstract for each papers of the panel 4. Research interests 5. Publications (optional) For individual papers, please submit the following in MS Word format: 1. Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address 2. A 250-word (maximum) abstract 3. Research interests 4. Publications (optional) Each individual paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion Visa, transportation, registration, accommodation, and meals Visa fees and transportation should be self-financed and arranged by the panelists themselves. Information on registration, accommodation, and meals will be announced upon notification of acceptance to the conference. Enquiry All enquiries should be copied to the IAJP (japanasephilosophy@gmail.com) and Leah Kalmanson (kalmanson@gmail.com). Website TBA WHY THE KYOTO SCHOOL (京都学派) TODAY? The Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy, King’s University College at Western University, announces a call for papers for an upcoming international conference: Why the Kyoto School Today? Date: March 21-24, 2019 Location: King’s University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Plenary Speakers: • Dr. Bret Davis (Loyola University) • Dr. Rolf Elberfeld (Universität Hildesheim) • Dr. John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) • Dr. John Maraldo (University of North Florida) • Dr. Brian Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology) • Dr. Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University) • Dr. Jason Wirth (University Seattle) • Dr. Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University) The so-called Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy arose out of a critical confrontation (Auseinandersetzung) with the European philosophical tradition at the beginning of the 20th century. This encounter took place at a historically critical period: in both Japan and Europe a world was coming to an end and thinkers in both traditions were searching for new modes of thinking. Japanese thinkers for their part turned to a critical rethinking of modern philosophy and with it the modern world. They sought not to Westernize Japan but to imagine a new modern Japan and provide this new world with its intellectual foundations. Their appropriation of modern thought, however, involved a radical transformation and going beyond many of its inherent problems. At the same time, Western philosophy and with it the the modern world entered into a crisis from which it has arguably not yet recovered. As a result, we find ourselves at the beginning of the 21st century in an even more precarious situation than we did at the beginning of the last century. This conference inquires into the importance of the Kyoto School for our world today. To this end, we welcome abstracts for proposed papers that focus on the possible avenues of thought offered by the thinkers who belong to the Japanese tradition of the Kyoto School widely understood. Papers may focus on any thinker or thinkers in this tradition and on any aspect of their work. What is more, given the dialogical character of the Kyoto School itself, papers can continue this dialogical approach. In all cases, however, papers should be mining this tradition of thought and making the case for its contemporary importance. Abstracts of no more that 250 words should be sent to: Stephen Lofts (slofts@uwo.ca) by the new deadline of January 10, 2019. For further information or queries, please contact Stephen Lofts (slofts@uwo.ca) and/or Antonio Calcagno (acalcagn@uwo.ca) We would like to announce that Prof. Jacynthe Tremblay has been awarded the prestigious Canada-Japan Literary Award by the Canada Council for the Arts for her book Je suis un lieu (Press of Montreal University, 2016): https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/canada-japan-literary-awards?_ga=2.214198487.114411364.1542913194-1614992662.1538269846 The book deals with Nishida Kitarō and Tremblay’s personal encounter with Nishida’s thought. The book should be of interest to Japanese philosophy scholars and students. We would like to congratulate Dr. Tremblay for receiving the award. IAJP (International Association for Japanese Philosophy) panels to be held at the 2019 APA (American Philosophical Association) Eastern Division Meeting Jan 7-10, 2019 at the Sheraton New York Times Square, 811 7th Avenue & 53rd St., NYC, NY 10019, USA:
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The Philosophy of the Kyoto School by Fujita Masakatsu is now available
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811089824
https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Kyoto-Scho…/…/ref=sr_1_15…
The book consists of excerpts of primary sources by Kyoto School philosophers plus commentary by different commentators.
The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811089824
https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Kyoto-Scho…/…/ref=sr_1_15…
The book consists of excerpts of primary sources by Kyoto School philosophers plus commentary by different commentators.
The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.
Call for Papers: Why the Kyoto School Today?
Conference at King's University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada March 21-24, 2019. Deadline December 1, 2018.
Plenary Speakers:
• Dr. Bret Davis (Loyola University)
• Dr. Rolf Elberfeld (Universität Hildesheim)
• Dr. John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) • Dr. John Maraldo (University of North Florida)
• Dr. Brian Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology) • Dr. Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University)
• Dr. Jason Wirth (University Seattle)
• Dr. Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University)
The so-called Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy arose out of a critical confrontation (Auseinandersetzung) with the European philosophical tradition at the beginning of the 20th century. This encounter took place at a historically critical period: in both Japan and Europe a world was coming to an end and thinkers in both traditions were searching for new modes of thinking. Japanese thinkers for their part turned to a critical rethinking of modern philosophy and with it the modern world. They sought not to Westernize Japan but to imagine a new modern Japan and provide this new world with its intellectual foundations. Their appropriation of modern thought, however, involved a radical transformation and going beyond many of its inherent problems. At the same time, Western philosophy and with it the the modern world entered into a crisis from which it has arguably not yet recovered. As a result, we find ourselves at the beginning of the 21st century in an even more precarious situation than we did at the beginning of the last century. This conference inquires into the importance of the Kyoto School for our world today. To this end, we welcome abstracts for proposed papers that focus on the possible avenues of thought offered by the thinkers who belong to the Japanese tradition of the Kyoto School widely understood. Papers may focus on any thinker or thinkers in this tradition and on any aspect of their work. What is more, given the dialogical character of the Kyoto School itself, papers can continue this dialogical approach. In all cases, however, papers should be mining this tradition of thought and making the case for its contemporary importance.
Abstracts of no more that 250 words should be sent to: Stephen Lofts (slofts@uwo.ca) by December 1, 2018.
For further information or queries, please contact Stephen Lofts (slofts@uwo.ca) and/or Antonio Calcagno (acalcagn@uwo.ca)
Conference at King's University College at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada March 21-24, 2019. Deadline December 1, 2018.
Plenary Speakers:
• Dr. Bret Davis (Loyola University)
• Dr. Rolf Elberfeld (Universität Hildesheim)
• Dr. John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) • Dr. John Maraldo (University of North Florida)
• Dr. Brian Schroeder (Rochester Institute of Technology) • Dr. Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University)
• Dr. Jason Wirth (University Seattle)
• Dr. Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University)
The so-called Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy arose out of a critical confrontation (Auseinandersetzung) with the European philosophical tradition at the beginning of the 20th century. This encounter took place at a historically critical period: in both Japan and Europe a world was coming to an end and thinkers in both traditions were searching for new modes of thinking. Japanese thinkers for their part turned to a critical rethinking of modern philosophy and with it the modern world. They sought not to Westernize Japan but to imagine a new modern Japan and provide this new world with its intellectual foundations. Their appropriation of modern thought, however, involved a radical transformation and going beyond many of its inherent problems. At the same time, Western philosophy and with it the the modern world entered into a crisis from which it has arguably not yet recovered. As a result, we find ourselves at the beginning of the 21st century in an even more precarious situation than we did at the beginning of the last century. This conference inquires into the importance of the Kyoto School for our world today. To this end, we welcome abstracts for proposed papers that focus on the possible avenues of thought offered by the thinkers who belong to the Japanese tradition of the Kyoto School widely understood. Papers may focus on any thinker or thinkers in this tradition and on any aspect of their work. What is more, given the dialogical character of the Kyoto School itself, papers can continue this dialogical approach. In all cases, however, papers should be mining this tradition of thought and making the case for its contemporary importance.
Abstracts of no more that 250 words should be sent to: Stephen Lofts (slofts@uwo.ca) by December 1, 2018.
For further information or queries, please contact Stephen Lofts (slofts@uwo.ca) and/or Antonio Calcagno (acalcagn@uwo.ca)
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy is proud to announce that the IAJP has been accepted as a member of Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (International Federation of Philosophical Societies) (FISP), which sponsors the World Congress. This means that we will most certainly be participating in the next World Congress in Melbourne, Australia in 2023.
Announcing our
Third Annual International Conference, in conjunction with the XXIV World Congress of Philosophy
To be held August 13-20, 2018 in Beijing, China. We have a total of 8 panels scheduled, counted as part of the Group Sessions within the Congress. Please click the following link to the website to see our program: http://nihontetsugaku-kyoto-2.site/.
Also see the attached pdf for the program. iajp-wcp-program-web.pdf
We hope to see some of you there!
Third Annual International Conference, in conjunction with the XXIV World Congress of Philosophy
To be held August 13-20, 2018 in Beijing, China. We have a total of 8 panels scheduled, counted as part of the Group Sessions within the Congress. Please click the following link to the website to see our program: http://nihontetsugaku-kyoto-2.site/.
Also see the attached pdf for the program. iajp-wcp-program-web.pdf
We hope to see some of you there!
"On (the) nothing: Heidegger and Nishida" by John Krummel (initially published June 2017 online on the Springer webiste) has been (re-)published in Continental Philosophy Review, vol. 51, no. 2 (June 2018): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11007-017-9419-3
Coming soon: The Philosophy of the Kyoto School by Fujita Masakatsu:
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811089824
https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Kyoto-Scho…/…/ref=sr_1_15…
The book consists of excerpts of primary sources by Kyoto School philosophers plus commentary by different commentators.
The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811089824
https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Kyoto-Scho…/…/ref=sr_1_15…
The book consists of excerpts of primary sources by Kyoto School philosophers plus commentary by different commentators.
The main purpose of this book is to offer to philosophers and students abroad who show a great interest in Japanese philosophy and the philosophy of the Kyoto school major texts of the leading philosophers. This interest has surely developed out of a desire to obtain from the thought of these philosophers, who stood within the interstice between East and West, a clue to reassessing the issues of philosophy from the ground up or to drawing new creative possibilities.The present condition seems to be, however, that the material made available to further realize this kind of intellectual dialogue is far too scarce. This book is intended to be of some help in this regard.The book presents selected texts of representative philosophers of the Kyoto school such as Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, Miki Kiyoshi, Nishitani Keiji, and others who best illustrate the characteristics of this school, and works that together portray its image as a whole. Those who are interested in Japanese philosophy or specifically the philosophy of the Kyoto School can survey a comprehensive representation from this book.These texts are, of course, quite difficult and cannot be well understood without sufficient preliminary knowledge. Expository essays have therefore been included after each text to provide guidance. In each of these commentaries a scholar of our time with deep understanding of the philosopher in question has provided an account of his life, intellectual journey, and the significance of the text included here.From this book will emerge a new dialogue of ideas that in turn will engender new developments in philosophy, thereby further expanding the network of philosophical thought worldwide.
Dear fellow philosophers and scholars of Japanese philosophy,
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy would like to invite you to take part in our fifth annual sessions at the next Eastern APA meeting to be held in January 7-10, 2019 in New York City, New York at the Sheraton New York Times Square. If you are interested, please send us a short abstract or description of your presentation by July 1, 2018. The topic at this point is open but must have some relation to Japanese philosophy, ancient, medieval, modern, contemporary, and/or comparative.
Send abstracts and/or inquires to Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy would like to invite you to take part in our fifth annual sessions at the next Eastern APA meeting to be held in January 7-10, 2019 in New York City, New York at the Sheraton New York Times Square. If you are interested, please send us a short abstract or description of your presentation by July 1, 2018. The topic at this point is open but must have some relation to Japanese philosophy, ancient, medieval, modern, contemporary, and/or comparative.
Send abstracts and/or inquires to Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com
Dear IAJP Members and Colleagues,
This summer, in place of our annual independent conference, the 3d International Association of Japanese Philosophy will be meeting at the World Congress of Philosophy to be held August 13-20 in Beijing, China. We have several panel sessions and presentation scheduled to take place at the Congress. We hope to see you there.
国際日本哲学会(IAJP) 会員の皆様
今年の国際日本哲学会(IAJP)第三回年次大会 は、８月１３日〜２０日に中国の北京で開催される世界哲学会(World Congress of Philosophy)の中に配置されます。８つのパネル発表を行う予定ですので、よろしくお願い致します。
For information please see the following:
Website http://wcp2018.pku.edu.cn/yw/index.htm
Brochure http://wcp2018.pku.edu.cn/docs/20170921134038365819.pdf
Hotel Booking http://wcp2018.pku.edu.cn/yw/latestnews/48820.htm
Dear Colleagues,
Please see this important notice of an event to be held in Dublin in April from Prof. Steffensen:
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to invite you to a symposium on East Asian political thought at University College Dublin on Tuesday 3rd April. I will be joined by Graham Parkes, David Williams and Ouyang Xiao for an afternoon of presentation and discussion around Confucianism, populism, Christianity, liberalism, democracy and political change in 20th and 21st century China, Japan and beyond.
Please find the announcement and programme attached. For a longer version with speaker biographies and abstracts, and for a map showing the meeting venue, please visit:
https://knsteffensen.com/…/modern-politics-and-east-asian-…/
I would also be grateful if you could share the invitation with your networks.
If you have any queries, and if you plan to attend, please let me know by email.
Kind regards,
Kenn Nakata Steffensen
Irish Research Council Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow
School of Philosophy
University College Dublin
kenn.steffensen@ucd.ie
https://www.knsteffensen.com
knsteffensen.com/2018/03/18/modern-politics-and-east-asian-thought-symposium-in-dublin-on-3rd-april-2018/
Please see this important notice of an event to be held in Dublin in April from Prof. Steffensen:
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to invite you to a symposium on East Asian political thought at University College Dublin on Tuesday 3rd April. I will be joined by Graham Parkes, David Williams and Ouyang Xiao for an afternoon of presentation and discussion around Confucianism, populism, Christianity, liberalism, democracy and political change in 20th and 21st century China, Japan and beyond.
Please find the announcement and programme attached. For a longer version with speaker biographies and abstracts, and for a map showing the meeting venue, please visit:
https://knsteffensen.com/…/modern-politics-and-east-asian-…/
I would also be grateful if you could share the invitation with your networks.
If you have any queries, and if you plan to attend, please let me know by email.
Kind regards,
Kenn Nakata Steffensen
Irish Research Council Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow
School of Philosophy
University College Dublin
kenn.steffensen@ucd.ie
https://www.knsteffensen.com
knsteffensen.com/2018/03/18/modern-politics-and-east-asian-thought-symposium-in-dublin-on-3rd-april-2018/
"The Voice of Nothingness" directed by Thomas Josef Roth
is a beautifully documentary film on the Kyoto School of philosophy. It provides a good introduction for the lay person but with good discussions of its basic concepts (concerning nothingness, language, experience, place, subject-predicate, Zen, etc.). With appearances by professors Ueda Shizuteru, Fujita Masakatsu, and Hanaoka Eiko, among others. https://vimeo.com/140683882
is a beautifully documentary film on the Kyoto School of philosophy. It provides a good introduction for the lay person but with good discussions of its basic concepts (concerning nothingness, language, experience, place, subject-predicate, Zen, etc.). With appearances by professors Ueda Shizuteru, Fujita Masakatsu, and Hanaoka Eiko, among others. https://vimeo.com/140683882
The European Journal of Japanese Philosophy volume 2 has been published this past Fall 2017:
http://chisokudopublications.blogspot.be/2017/10/european-journal-of-japanese-philosophy.html -
http://chisokudopublications.blogspot.be/2017/10/european-journal-of-japanese-philosophy.html -
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy will hold the following two panel sessions at the 2018 American Philosophical Association Eastern Conference in Savannah, Georgia:
January 4 Thursday 5:15-7:15pm: Philosophical Dialogues between East Asian Traditions:
January 5 Friday 9:00-11:00am: Topics in Japanese Philosophy:
January 4 Thursday 5:15-7:15pm: Philosophical Dialogues between East Asian Traditions:
- Andrew Lambert (CUNY College of Staten Island) “Japan from the Viewpoint of Contemporary Chinese scholars: Li Zehou on the Japanese Tradition” -
- Jin Y. Park (American University) “Philosophy in a Time of Action: Miki Kiyoshi and Pak Ch’iu”
- Sarah Mattice (University of North Florida) "Re-Presenting the Canons: Chinese and Japanese Women in the Story of Philosophical Traditions"
January 5 Friday 9:00-11:00am: Topics in Japanese Philosophy:
- John W.M. Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) “Kenotic Chorology as A/theology in Nishida and Beyond”
- Steve Bein (University of Dayton) “Watsuji Tetsurō: Accidental Buddhist?”
- James McCrae (Westminster College) “Growing with the Flow: The Value of Nature in Japanese Environmental Philosophy”
Call for papers
Nishida Philosophy Association
The 16th Annual Conference
Date: July 21-22, 2018 (Sat. and Sun.)
Venue: Kansai University (Senriyama Campus, http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/location.html)
Languages: English and Japanese
The conference invites proposals on Nishida Kitarō’s philosophy in a broad sense. You are most welcome to submit the followings in both MS Word and PDF formats on or before March 31, 2018 to info@nishida-philosophy.org (Japan Time).
1. Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address
2. A maximum 800-word abstract (For English abstract, a Japanese title should be provided)
Notification of acceptance: by email in due course after peer-reviewed
Membership: http://en.nishida-philosophy.org/wp/join/ (only B or C members are eligible for presenting at the conference)
Nishida Philosophy Association
The 16th Annual Conference
Date: July 21-22, 2018 (Sat. and Sun.)
Venue: Kansai University (Senriyama Campus, http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/location.html)
Languages: English and Japanese
The conference invites proposals on Nishida Kitarō’s philosophy in a broad sense. You are most welcome to submit the followings in both MS Word and PDF formats on or before March 31, 2018 to info@nishida-philosophy.org (Japan Time).
1. Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address
2. A maximum 800-word abstract (For English abstract, a Japanese title should be provided)
- A brief CV: with a list of publications when applicable
Notification of acceptance: by email in due course after peer-reviewed
Membership: http://en.nishida-philosophy.org/wp/join/ (only B or C members are eligible for presenting at the conference)
News and Announcements
Announcing New Publications in Japanese Philosophy:
Japanese Philosophy in the Making 1: Crossing Paths with Nishida by John Maraldo:
chisokudopublications.blogspot.com/2017/09/japanese-philosophy-in-making-1.html
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy edited by Michiko Yusa:
www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-bloomsbury-research-handbook-of-contemporary-japanese-philosophy-9781474232685/
"On (the) nothing: Heidegger and Nishida" by John W.M. Krummel in Continental Philosophy Review:
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11007-017-9419-3?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst
Japanese Philosophy in the Making 1: Crossing Paths with Nishida by John Maraldo:
chisokudopublications.blogspot.com/2017/09/japanese-philosophy-in-making-1.html
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Philosophy edited by Michiko Yusa:
www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-bloomsbury-research-handbook-of-contemporary-japanese-philosophy-9781474232685/
"On (the) nothing: Heidegger and Nishida" by John W.M. Krummel in Continental Philosophy Review:
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11007-017-9419-3?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst
Colloquium on Nishida Kitarō with John Krummel at Risshō University, Tokyo Japan
June 9 Friday 6:30pm: Review workshop: "On Nishida Kitarō's Chiasmatic Chorology: Place of Dialectic, Dialectic of Place" featuring reviews of the book by Morisato Takeshi of Temple University Japan and Shirai Masato of Jochi University and John Krummel's response.
June 10 Saturday 2:00pm: Presentation of "Kenotic Chorology as A/theology in Nishida and Beyond" by John Krummel
For information: See: http://letters.ris.ac.jp/news/idkqs400000078jr.html
letters.ris.ac.jp/news/idkqs400000078jr.html
Email philosophy@ris.ac.jp
June 9 Friday 6:30pm: Review workshop: "On Nishida Kitarō's Chiasmatic Chorology: Place of Dialectic, Dialectic of Place" featuring reviews of the book by Morisato Takeshi of Temple University Japan and Shirai Masato of Jochi University and John Krummel's response.
June 10 Saturday 2:00pm: Presentation of "Kenotic Chorology as A/theology in Nishida and Beyond" by John Krummel
For information: See: http://letters.ris.ac.jp/news/idkqs400000078jr.html
letters.ris.ac.jp/news/idkqs400000078jr.html
Email philosophy@ris.ac.jp
The IAJP is proud to announce its North American expansion to two additional conferences of the APA: the Central and Pacific divisions. The IAJP has been
meeting for the past three years at the Eastern Division held in January every year. We now plan to have meetings also at the Central Division (held in March) and Pacific Division (held in April). IAJP sessions at the Central Division will be coordinated by Kevin Taylor (kevinctaylor@gmail.com) and Xiofei Tu (tux@appstate.edu). IAJP sessions at the Pacific Division will be coordinated by Rika Dunlap (dunlapr@seattleu.edu) and Laura Sullivan (laura.specker@gmail.com)). Please contact them for inquiries on those division meetings. IAJP sessions at the Eastern Division will continue to be coordinated by John Krummel (Krummel@hws.edu) and Leah Kalmanson (Kalmanson@gmail.com). Inquiries can be made at our respective email addresses or at Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com.
meeting for the past three years at the Eastern Division held in January every year. We now plan to have meetings also at the Central Division (held in March) and Pacific Division (held in April). IAJP sessions at the Central Division will be coordinated by Kevin Taylor (kevinctaylor@gmail.com) and Xiofei Tu (tux@appstate.edu). IAJP sessions at the Pacific Division will be coordinated by Rika Dunlap (dunlapr@seattleu.edu) and Laura Sullivan (laura.specker@gmail.com)). Please contact them for inquiries on those division meetings. IAJP sessions at the Eastern Division will continue to be coordinated by John Krummel (Krummel@hws.edu) and Leah Kalmanson (Kalmanson@gmail.com). Inquiries can be made at our respective email addresses or at Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com.
IAJP at the 2018 APA Eastern Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS
Dear IAJP members:
This is to remind you of the coming deadline for sending in abstracts for the IAJP sessions for the Eastern APA conference next January: The APA (American Philosophical Association) Eastern Conference meeting in January 3-6 2018 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. We plan to have two panels and are looking for presentation proposals and panel proposals.
If you would like to present a paper, send us an abstract of around 250 words. And if you have an idea for a panel, send us a panel proposal of a few sentences with abstracts (around 250 words) of the papers and names of presenters. Along with your proposal, send us your name, affiliation, and contact information. Please send your abstracts and proposals by June 1 to this email address (Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com).
The topic is open as long as it has something to do with Japanese philosophy construed in a broad sense (from pre-modern to contemporary).
Thank you.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Dear IAJP members:
This is to remind you of the coming deadline for sending in abstracts for the IAJP sessions for the Eastern APA conference next January: The APA (American Philosophical Association) Eastern Conference meeting in January 3-6 2018 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. We plan to have two panels and are looking for presentation proposals and panel proposals.
If you would like to present a paper, send us an abstract of around 250 words. And if you have an idea for a panel, send us a panel proposal of a few sentences with abstracts (around 250 words) of the papers and names of presenters. Along with your proposal, send us your name, affiliation, and contact information. Please send your abstracts and proposals by June 1 to this email address (Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com).
The topic is open as long as it has something to do with Japanese philosophy construed in a broad sense (from pre-modern to contemporary).
Thank you.
International Association of Japanese Philosophy
2017 International Conference
Date: 28-29 July 2017 (Friday to Saturday)
Venue: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Organizer: International Association of Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
Co-organizer: Research Center for East Asian Culture and Sinology, National Taiwan Normal University
Theme
Globalizing Japanese Philosophy: From East Asia to the World
Languages
English, Japanese and Chinese
Important Dates
15 March 2017
Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
1 April 2017
Notification of acceptance by email
1 May 2017
Release of tentative program
28-29 July 2017
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Synopsis
This second annual international conference for IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in its interface with the various philosophical traditions of East Asia, including, but not limited to, Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism; and 3) developing a solid research network within East Asia for the field of Japanese philosophy in order to facilitate its promotion across the world.
Riding on the wave of the very successful first international meeting of IAJP in 2016, IAJP’s second international conference will continue the promotion and development of Japanese philosophy globally. Although the reception of and confrontation with Western philosophy remains on the agenda of the 2017 conference, the IAJP also seeks to explore the comparatively underdeveloped but indeed important connection between Japanese philosophy and the philosophical traditions of East Asia. The philosophical and cultural diversity that Taiwan embraces will definitely provide conference participants an opportunity for inspiring intellectual exchange involving the people of Taiwan and scholars of Japanese philosophy from East Asia as well as other parts of the world. This conference welcomes proposals for critical and insightful presentations that challenge the study of Japanese philosophy through a re-reading and reconfiguring of related philosophical texts and issues, from the perspectives of Western as well as Eastern philosophical traditions. This conference specifically encourages young scholars to submit their proposals. Topics may cover any period, figure, or context pertaining to Japanese philosophy and thought.
Call for Papers
This conference invites proposals for organized panels and individual papers. All submissions should be sent to tetsugakuconference@gmail.com on or before 15 March 2017 (Japan Time).
For organized panels, please submit the following in MS Word format:
For individual papers, please submit the following in MS Word format:
Each individual paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion
Registration fee
Free of charge
Visa, transportation, accommodation and meals
Self-financed and should be arranged by the panelists themselves
Enquiry
tetsugakuconference@gmail.com
Website
http://tetsugakuconferenc.wixsite.com/2017
2017 International Conference
Date: 28-29 July 2017 (Friday to Saturday)
Venue: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Organizer: International Association of Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
Co-organizer: Research Center for East Asian Culture and Sinology, National Taiwan Normal University
Theme
Globalizing Japanese Philosophy: From East Asia to the World
Languages
English, Japanese and Chinese
Important Dates
15 March 2017
Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
1 April 2017
Notification of acceptance by email
1 May 2017
Release of tentative program
28-29 July 2017
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Synopsis
This second annual international conference for IAJP aims at 1) further reinforcing Japanese philosophy as a global academic discipline; 2) exploring the potential of Japanese philosophy in its interface with the various philosophical traditions of East Asia, including, but not limited to, Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism; and 3) developing a solid research network within East Asia for the field of Japanese philosophy in order to facilitate its promotion across the world.
Riding on the wave of the very successful first international meeting of IAJP in 2016, IAJP’s second international conference will continue the promotion and development of Japanese philosophy globally. Although the reception of and confrontation with Western philosophy remains on the agenda of the 2017 conference, the IAJP also seeks to explore the comparatively underdeveloped but indeed important connection between Japanese philosophy and the philosophical traditions of East Asia. The philosophical and cultural diversity that Taiwan embraces will definitely provide conference participants an opportunity for inspiring intellectual exchange involving the people of Taiwan and scholars of Japanese philosophy from East Asia as well as other parts of the world. This conference welcomes proposals for critical and insightful presentations that challenge the study of Japanese philosophy through a re-reading and reconfiguring of related philosophical texts and issues, from the perspectives of Western as well as Eastern philosophical traditions. This conference specifically encourages young scholars to submit their proposals. Topics may cover any period, figure, or context pertaining to Japanese philosophy and thought.
Call for Papers
This conference invites proposals for organized panels and individual papers. All submissions should be sent to tetsugakuconference@gmail.com on or before 15 March 2017 (Japan Time).
For organized panels, please submit the following in MS Word format:
- Full names (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliations (including Department) and email addresses of 3 to 4 members of the panels and indicate one as the chair
- A 250-word (maximum) abstract for the panel
- A 250-word (maximum) abstract for each papers of the panel
- Research interests
- Publications (optional)
For individual papers, please submit the following in MS Word format:
- Full name (surname in CAPITAL letters), affiliation (including Department) and email address
- A 250-word (maximum) abstract
- Research interests
- Publications (optional)
Each individual paper will be given 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion
Registration fee
Free of charge
Visa, transportation, accommodation and meals
Self-financed and should be arranged by the panelists themselves
Enquiry
tetsugakuconference@gmail.com
Website
http://tetsugakuconferenc.wixsite.com/2017
IAJP at the APA Eastern Conference, January 4-7, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
Panel 1: Wednesday Jan 4 afternoon, 1:00-3:00pm at G2D
Environmental Philosophy – John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Chair
Panel 2: Thursday Jan 5 early afternoon, Noon-2:00pm at G6G
Confucian Philosophy – Leah Kalmanson (Drake University), Chair
Reception Jan 5
Reception Jan 6
Panel 1: Wednesday Jan 4 afternoon, 1:00-3:00pm at G2D
Environmental Philosophy – John Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Chair
- James McRae (Westminster College), “Mutual Flourishing: Japanese Environmental Philosophy and the Current Ecological Crisis.”
- Leah Kalmanson (Drake University), "Pure Land Ecology: Taking the Supernatural Seriously in Environmental Philosophy"
- Yu Inutsuka (University of Tokyo), "Sensation, Betweenness, Rhythms: Watsuji's Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Conversation with Heidegger"
- John W.M. Krummel (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), comment & questions
Panel 2: Thursday Jan 5 early afternoon, Noon-2:00pm at G6G
Confucian Philosophy – Leah Kalmanson (Drake University), Chair
- Kevin Taylor (Southern Illinois University), “Hakuin’s Neo-Confucian Perspective in Tokugawa Japan”
- Maki Sato (Yale University/University of Tokyo), “Kaibara Ekken: Qi monism and its implication for the harmonious relationship between humans and nature”
- Curtis Rigsby (University of Guam), “Neo-Confucian Cosmic-Human Isomorphism: Is the notion still relevant and defensible?”
Reception Jan 5
Reception Jan 6
International Conference on Japanese Philosophy
Opening up Japanese Philosophy: The Kyoto School and After
Large Conference Room, Kyushu University Nishijin Plaza, Fukuoka City, Japan
7-9 October 2016
Revised Program
(updated on 23 Aug 2016)
Day1
09:00-09:15
Opening
09:15-10:30
Organized Panel 1 Translation of Nishida Kitarō’s works: opening a vista for the global understanding of his philosophy
Moderator: UEHARA Mayuko
ZHANG Wei, “The Expansion of the Meaning by Translation: A case of Chinese Translation of An inquiry into the Good” (『善の研究』)
Enrico FONGARO, “On the Ambiguity of Nishida’s Translation in Italian”
Jacynthe TREMBLAY, “Nishida’s Use of the genbun-icchi in Self-Awareness: The System of Universals” (『一般者の自覚的体系』)
10:30-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:25
Session 1 Moderator: LIAO Chin-ping
藤井倫明（FUJII Michiaki）:「身学」としての日本儒学──闇斎学と徂徠学に通底するもの
孫 彬（SUN Bin）: 西周における哲学という訳語の成立について
郭 馳洋（GUO Chiyang）: 明治20年代における哲学的言説に関する一考察――大西祝の批判的思考をめぐって――
中嶋優太（NAKAJIMA Yūta）: 明治末の心理学と哲学―『善の研究』の背景
12:25-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:25
Session 2 Moderator: Curtis RIGSBY
Dennis HIROTA: Shinran in the Light of Continental Philosophy
ZHANG Bo: Interactive between Edo Confucianism and Tokugawa Regime
ZHONG Yijiang: What Race is Buddha? – Changing Status of Buddhism in Oriental Philosophy (Toyo tetsugaku) in Meiji Japan
Leah KALMANSON: Interrogating Deusu (デウス): Arai Hakuseki and the Comparative Philosophy of Religion
15:25-16:45
Session 3 Moderator: INUTSUKA Yu
Jan LAUWEREYNS (presenter), Ichiro TSUDA, Nobuo KAZASHI, and Anton Luis SEVILLA: A Dynamic Spatial-Temporal Vector that Self-Determines the Absolute Present: Notes from Nishida for Consciousness Studies
Richard STONE: Historical Embodied Action and the Emergence of the Self: Nishida’s Theory of the Historical Body
XU Yingjin: What could “anti-luck epistemology” could learn from Kuki Shuzō?
16:45-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-18:00
Keynote 1 Moderator: Leah KALMANSON
UEHARA Mayuko: The Possibility of Women’s Philosophy in the History of Japanese Philosophy
Day2
09:00-10:15
Session 4 Moderator: ZHANG Wei
犬塚悠 (INUTSUKA Yu): 和辻哲郎における「無我」の問題
志野好伸（SHINO Yoshinobu）: 和辻哲郎の「風土」と台湾
古賀高雄 (KOGA Takao): 三木清における「自然主体の思想」の可能性―丸山真男の「作為」論との対比において―
10:15-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-12:10
Session 5 Moderator: CHEUNG Ching-yuen
Andrea ALTOBRANDO: How can I really love myself?
Elyse M BYRNES: Warming the Memory of the Dead: Nishida’s Ontology of Mourning and the Relational Self
CHEN Yi: Not Knowing Is Most Intimate: Exploring a non-Metaphorical Epistemology in Japanese Aesthetics
Saulius GENIUSAS: Miki Kiyoshi on the Logic of Imagination
12:10-13:25
Lunch
13:25-15:05
Session 6 Moderator: TAKEHANA Yosuke
Kevin LAM Wing-keung: Watsuji Tetsurō, Confucianism and virtue ethics: with a focus on aidagara
Hans Peter LIEDERBACH: Malaises of Modernity: Kuki Shûzô and Watsuji Tetsurô
Jin Y. PARK: Religion beyond the Limits of Reason: Inoue Enryō, Kim Iryŏp, and Tanabe Hajime on Philosophy of Religion
Takeshi MORISATO: Behind the Veils of the Universal or the Specific: Tanabe Hajime As A Single Individual
15:05-16:45
Organized Panel 2 Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy Research: Young Scholars of Kyoto University
Moderator: UEHARA Mayuko
Miikael-Aadam LOTMAN: From ‘pure experience’ to traditional logic: a methodological shift in Nishida’s early philosophy
Iuliana Maria POPESCU: Hisamatsu Shin'ichi : Zen Aesthetics and the Kyoto School
Simon Ebersolt: 与えられるものとしての偶然－九鬼偶然論の現象学的解釈の試み
OTA Hironobu: The Standpoint of Active Intuition in Nishida’s Philosophy
16:45-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-18:00
Keynote 2 Moderator: KAZASHI Nobuo
John W.M. KRUMMEL: Heidegger and Nishida on the Nothing
18:30-20:30
Konshinkai dinner
Day3
09:00-10:40
Session 7 Moderator: John W.M. KRUMMEL
Matthew FUJIMOTO: Past and Future: Comparing the Philosophy of Language of Kūkai and Nishida
Felipe FERRARI GONCALVES: From acting to seeing – The role of “place” on Kitarō Nishida’s conception of “reality”
Curtis RIGSBY: Nishida’s Christian Disciple: the historical & philosophical significance of Katsumi Takizawa
SHIRAI Masato: Nishida Kitarō and Takizawa Katsumi: Philosophy of Personality
10:40-10:55
Coffee break
10:55-12:35
Session 8 Moderator: Anton Luis SEVILLA
Carol POON Man Wai: Reading Japanese Philosophy through Parasyte: Paradox and/of/or Coexistence?
Jordanco SEKULOVSKI: Rethinking Kâta through Non-standard philosophy
Junichi TANAKA: The Philosophy of Society and Education in Kyoto School－The Theory of Changing the Structure of Society－
KAZASHI Nobuo: Metanoetics for the Dead and the Living: Tanabe, Karaki, and Moritaki on the Nuclear Age
12:35-14:15
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Session 9 Moderator: Kevin LAM Wing-keung
竹花洋佑（TAKEHANA Yosuke）: 田辺の国家論と歴史主義の立場
陳 詩雨（CHEN Shiyu）：「近代」は、いかに「超克」するか――柄谷行人のポストモダニズム的展開をめぐる試論――
GODA Masato: Shyunsuke Tsurumi and Yosimi Takeuchi
15:30-16:10
Organized Panel 3 The marginal philosophy of the Japanese Empire
Moderator: SHINO Yoshinobu
KIM Hang: A philosophical turning to ‘In-dem-Uri-sein’: Park Jonghong and Heidegger
CHEUNG Ching-yuen: Japanese philosophy in Taiwan under Japanese Occupation
ISHII Tsuyoshi: Imagining the Marginal: the Possibility of Japanophone Philosophy from a View on the Jeju April Third Incident and Its Literary Representation
廖欽彬（LIAO Chin-Ping）務台理作と洪耀勲の思想関係の探求：台湾哲学における弁証法の位相
16:10-16:30
Closing
Opening up Japanese Philosophy: The Kyoto School and After
Large Conference Room, Kyushu University Nishijin Plaza, Fukuoka City, Japan
7-9 October 2016
Revised Program
(updated on 23 Aug 2016)
Day1
09:00-09:15
Opening
09:15-10:30
Organized Panel 1 Translation of Nishida Kitarō’s works: opening a vista for the global understanding of his philosophy
Moderator: UEHARA Mayuko
ZHANG Wei, “The Expansion of the Meaning by Translation: A case of Chinese Translation of An inquiry into the Good” (『善の研究』)
Enrico FONGARO, “On the Ambiguity of Nishida’s Translation in Italian”
Jacynthe TREMBLAY, “Nishida’s Use of the genbun-icchi in Self-Awareness: The System of Universals” (『一般者の自覚的体系』)
10:30-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:25
Session 1 Moderator: LIAO Chin-ping
藤井倫明（FUJII Michiaki）:「身学」としての日本儒学──闇斎学と徂徠学に通底するもの
孫 彬（SUN Bin）: 西周における哲学という訳語の成立について
郭 馳洋（GUO Chiyang）: 明治20年代における哲学的言説に関する一考察――大西祝の批判的思考をめぐって――
中嶋優太（NAKAJIMA Yūta）: 明治末の心理学と哲学―『善の研究』の背景
12:25-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:25
Session 2 Moderator: Curtis RIGSBY
Dennis HIROTA: Shinran in the Light of Continental Philosophy
ZHANG Bo: Interactive between Edo Confucianism and Tokugawa Regime
ZHONG Yijiang: What Race is Buddha? – Changing Status of Buddhism in Oriental Philosophy (Toyo tetsugaku) in Meiji Japan
Leah KALMANSON: Interrogating Deusu (デウス): Arai Hakuseki and the Comparative Philosophy of Religion
15:25-16:45
Session 3 Moderator: INUTSUKA Yu
Jan LAUWEREYNS (presenter), Ichiro TSUDA, Nobuo KAZASHI, and Anton Luis SEVILLA: A Dynamic Spatial-Temporal Vector that Self-Determines the Absolute Present: Notes from Nishida for Consciousness Studies
Richard STONE: Historical Embodied Action and the Emergence of the Self: Nishida’s Theory of the Historical Body
XU Yingjin: What could “anti-luck epistemology” could learn from Kuki Shuzō?
16:45-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-18:00
Keynote 1 Moderator: Leah KALMANSON
UEHARA Mayuko: The Possibility of Women’s Philosophy in the History of Japanese Philosophy
Day2
09:00-10:15
Session 4 Moderator: ZHANG Wei
犬塚悠 (INUTSUKA Yu): 和辻哲郎における「無我」の問題
志野好伸（SHINO Yoshinobu）: 和辻哲郎の「風土」と台湾
古賀高雄 (KOGA Takao): 三木清における「自然主体の思想」の可能性―丸山真男の「作為」論との対比において―
10:15-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-12:10
Session 5 Moderator: CHEUNG Ching-yuen
Andrea ALTOBRANDO: How can I really love myself?
Elyse M BYRNES: Warming the Memory of the Dead: Nishida’s Ontology of Mourning and the Relational Self
CHEN Yi: Not Knowing Is Most Intimate: Exploring a non-Metaphorical Epistemology in Japanese Aesthetics
Saulius GENIUSAS: Miki Kiyoshi on the Logic of Imagination
12:10-13:25
Lunch
13:25-15:05
Session 6 Moderator: TAKEHANA Yosuke
Kevin LAM Wing-keung: Watsuji Tetsurō, Confucianism and virtue ethics: with a focus on aidagara
Hans Peter LIEDERBACH: Malaises of Modernity: Kuki Shûzô and Watsuji Tetsurô
Jin Y. PARK: Religion beyond the Limits of Reason: Inoue Enryō, Kim Iryŏp, and Tanabe Hajime on Philosophy of Religion
Takeshi MORISATO: Behind the Veils of the Universal or the Specific: Tanabe Hajime As A Single Individual
15:05-16:45
Organized Panel 2 Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy Research: Young Scholars of Kyoto University
Moderator: UEHARA Mayuko
Miikael-Aadam LOTMAN: From ‘pure experience’ to traditional logic: a methodological shift in Nishida’s early philosophy
Iuliana Maria POPESCU: Hisamatsu Shin'ichi : Zen Aesthetics and the Kyoto School
Simon Ebersolt: 与えられるものとしての偶然－九鬼偶然論の現象学的解釈の試み
OTA Hironobu: The Standpoint of Active Intuition in Nishida’s Philosophy
16:45-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-18:00
Keynote 2 Moderator: KAZASHI Nobuo
John W.M. KRUMMEL: Heidegger and Nishida on the Nothing
18:30-20:30
Konshinkai dinner
Day3
09:00-10:40
Session 7 Moderator: John W.M. KRUMMEL
Matthew FUJIMOTO: Past and Future: Comparing the Philosophy of Language of Kūkai and Nishida
Felipe FERRARI GONCALVES: From acting to seeing – The role of “place” on Kitarō Nishida’s conception of “reality”
Curtis RIGSBY: Nishida’s Christian Disciple: the historical & philosophical significance of Katsumi Takizawa
SHIRAI Masato: Nishida Kitarō and Takizawa Katsumi: Philosophy of Personality
10:40-10:55
Coffee break
10:55-12:35
Session 8 Moderator: Anton Luis SEVILLA
Carol POON Man Wai: Reading Japanese Philosophy through Parasyte: Paradox and/of/or Coexistence?
Jordanco SEKULOVSKI: Rethinking Kâta through Non-standard philosophy
Junichi TANAKA: The Philosophy of Society and Education in Kyoto School－The Theory of Changing the Structure of Society－
KAZASHI Nobuo: Metanoetics for the Dead and the Living: Tanabe, Karaki, and Moritaki on the Nuclear Age
12:35-14:15
Lunch
14:15-15:30
Session 9 Moderator: Kevin LAM Wing-keung
竹花洋佑（TAKEHANA Yosuke）: 田辺の国家論と歴史主義の立場
陳 詩雨（CHEN Shiyu）：「近代」は、いかに「超克」するか――柄谷行人のポストモダニズム的展開をめぐる試論――
GODA Masato: Shyunsuke Tsurumi and Yosimi Takeuchi
15:30-16:10
Organized Panel 3 The marginal philosophy of the Japanese Empire
Moderator: SHINO Yoshinobu
KIM Hang: A philosophical turning to ‘In-dem-Uri-sein’: Park Jonghong and Heidegger
CHEUNG Ching-yuen: Japanese philosophy in Taiwan under Japanese Occupation
ISHII Tsuyoshi: Imagining the Marginal: the Possibility of Japanophone Philosophy from a View on the Jeju April Third Incident and Its Literary Representation
廖欽彬（LIAO Chin-Ping）務台理作と洪耀勲の思想関係の探求：台湾哲学における弁証法の位相
16:10-16:30
Closing
European Journal of Japanese Philosophy Announcement
The European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, the of official academic organ of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy, is a peer-reviewed journal published annually in the fall. Its aim is to provide a forum for critical articles and translations related to Japanese philosophy. Contributions are welcome in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Japanese. The inaugural issue will contain approximately 390 pages of essays, translations, research notes, and book reviews. It will be available from July 2016 at a base price of USD 15 (or its equivalent in local currencies).
Copies may be ordered from Amazon or its subsidiary CreateSpace. Inquires on submissions should be directed to: ejjp.contact@gmail.com<mailto:ejjp.contact@gmail.com>.
Here is the link to the flyer with the announcement:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/yf4x4a5bz3fia8z/EJJP%20flier%20%28for%20distribution%29.pdf?dl=0
Copies may be ordered from Amazon or its subsidiary CreateSpace. Inquires on submissions should be directed to: ejjp.contact@gmail.com<mailto:ejjp.contact@gmail.com>.
Here is the link to the flyer with the announcement:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/yf4x4a5bz3fia8z/EJJP%20flier%20%28for%20distribution%29.pdf?dl=0
Invitation to the Inaugural Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Takahashi Philosophy
Where: Meeting room, 3rd floor, Humanities building, Kawauchi Minami Campus, Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
When: Friday 08/19/2016
Program:
1:00 pm: opening remarks: Ching-yuen Cheung (Kiyotaka Naoe, Tōhoku University)
1:15 pm: keynote talk: Potential of Takahashi Satomi’s philosophy: Acceptance and development of phenomenology in Japan (Kei’ichi Noe, Tōhoku University)
2:00 pm: discussion
2:30 pm: break
2:45 pm: research talk: "The Dialectical method: Reflections on Takahashi's philosophy" (Gereon Kopf, Luther College)
3:30 pm: discussion
4:00 pm: closing remarks: Ching-yuen Cheung (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
4:15 pm: business meeting
5:00 pm: reception
Join us for lively philosophical discussion and the launching of this new philosophical society.
Contact: Ching-Young Cheung: cycheung@cuhk.edu.hk
Gereon Kopf: kopfg@luther.edu
国際高橋里美研究会の設立総会への招待
会場：東北大学川内南キャンパス・文学部棟3階中会議室 (仙台市)
会議時間：平成２８年８月１９日
プログラム:
午後１時：開会の挨拶 （直江清隆、東北大学）
１時１５分：基調演説:「高橋里美哲学のポテンシャル：現象学の受容と展開」 (野家啓一 , 東北大学)
２時：ディスカッション
２時３０分：休憩
２時４５分：研究発表：「哲学的方法としての弁証法−−高橋哲学の考察（コプフ・ゲレオン、ルーター大学）
３時３０分：ディスカッション
午後４時：閉会の辞 （張政遠、香港中文大学）
４時１５分：理事会
５時：懇親会
この新しい哲学社会の立ち上げ及び活発な哲学的な議論のためにご参加ください
連絡先: 張政遠: cycheung@cuhk.edu.hk
コプフ・ゲレオン: kopfg@luther.edu
Professor, Department of Religion
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Luther College
http://www.luther.edu/faculty/kopfg
http://www.luther.edu/asian-studies/
Visiting Lecturer
Japanese Studies Program
Saitama University
Visiting Researcher
International Research Center for Philosophy
Tōyō University
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Buddhist Philosophy
SUNY Press
http//www.buddhistphilosophy.net
info@buddhistphilosophy.net
Where: Meeting room, 3rd floor, Humanities building, Kawauchi Minami Campus, Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
When: Friday 08/19/2016
Program:
1:00 pm: opening remarks: Ching-yuen Cheung (Kiyotaka Naoe, Tōhoku University)
1:15 pm: keynote talk: Potential of Takahashi Satomi’s philosophy: Acceptance and development of phenomenology in Japan (Kei’ichi Noe, Tōhoku University)
2:00 pm: discussion
2:30 pm: break
2:45 pm: research talk: "The Dialectical method: Reflections on Takahashi's philosophy" (Gereon Kopf, Luther College)
3:30 pm: discussion
4:00 pm: closing remarks: Ching-yuen Cheung (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
4:15 pm: business meeting
5:00 pm: reception
Join us for lively philosophical discussion and the launching of this new philosophical society.
Contact: Ching-Young Cheung: cycheung@cuhk.edu.hk
Gereon Kopf: kopfg@luther.edu
国際高橋里美研究会の設立総会への招待
会場：東北大学川内南キャンパス・文学部棟3階中会議室 (仙台市)
会議時間：平成２８年８月１９日
プログラム:
午後１時：開会の挨拶 （直江清隆、東北大学）
１時１５分：基調演説:「高橋里美哲学のポテンシャル：現象学の受容と展開」 (野家啓一 , 東北大学)
２時：ディスカッション
２時３０分：休憩
２時４５分：研究発表：「哲学的方法としての弁証法−−高橋哲学の考察（コプフ・ゲレオン、ルーター大学）
３時３０分：ディスカッション
午後４時：閉会の辞 （張政遠、香港中文大学）
４時１５分：理事会
５時：懇親会
この新しい哲学社会の立ち上げ及び活発な哲学的な議論のためにご参加ください
連絡先: 張政遠: cycheung@cuhk.edu.hk
コプフ・ゲレオン: kopfg@luther.edu
Professor, Department of Religion
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Luther College
http://www.luther.edu/faculty/kopfg
http://www.luther.edu/asian-studies/
Visiting Lecturer
Japanese Studies Program
Saitama University
Visiting Researcher
International Research Center for Philosophy
Tōyō University
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Buddhist Philosophy
SUNY Press
http//www.buddhistphilosophy.net
info@buddhistphilosophy.net
Announcing the publication of the translation of the first chapter ("Myth") of Miki Kiyoshi's Logic of the Imagination:
in Social Imaginaries, vol. 2, nr. 1 (Spring 2016). Translation and introduction by John W.M. Krummel.
http://www.zetabooks.com/journals/social-imaginaries/social-imaginaries-volume-2-issue-1-spring-2016.html
in Social Imaginaries, vol. 2, nr. 1 (Spring 2016). Translation and introduction by John W.M. Krummel.
http://www.zetabooks.com/journals/social-imaginaries/social-imaginaries-volume-2-issue-1-spring-2016.html
CFP: IAJP Panels at the 2017 APA Eastern
The International Association for Japanese Philosophy invites submissions for a sponsored panel at the 2017 Eastern APA (Jan. 4-7, Baltimore, MD) on the theme of "Confucianism in Japan." Presentations can address any aspect, historical or contemporary, of the Confucian tradition in Japan. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:
The International Association for Japanese Philosophy invites submissions for a sponsored panel at the 2017 Eastern APA (Jan. 4-7, Baltimore, MD) on the theme of "Confucianism in Japan." Presentations can address any aspect, historical or contemporary, of the Confucian tradition in Japan. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The relevance of Japanese Confucianism to contemporary comparative philosophy
- The relevance of Japanese Confucianism to current discourses in academic philosophy
- Contributions of Japanese Confucians to major Confucian/neo-Confucian debates, or the relation of Japanese Confucian/neo-Confucian thought to Chinese or Korean Confucian/neo-Confucian discourses
- Scholarly debates amongst Japanese Confucians and Buddhists
- Japanese Confucianism and the Kyoto School
- Japanese Confucianism and political philosophy
- Japanese Confucianism and environmental philosophy
- Religious dimensions of Japanese Confucianism
- Philosophical studies of major Japanese Confucian scholars
International Japanese Philosophy Conference
Dear Friends,
We would like to announce that an international conference on Japanese philosophy will be held as follows:
Date: 7-9 October 2016 (Friday and Sunday)
Venue: Kyushu University Nishijin Plaza, Fukuoka City, Japan
Theme: Opening up Japanese Philosophy: The Kyoto School and After
Proposals: Abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
Languages: English or Japanese
Submission deadline: 31 May 2016 (Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com)
Notification of acceptance by email: 1 July 2016
URL: http://tetsugakuconferenc.wix.com/2016
Organizer: International Association of Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
This conference specifically encourages young scholars to submit their proposals. Topics may cover any period, figure or context, including Japanese thought and intellectual history for instance, pertaining to Japanese philosophy in a broad sense. Please feel free to disseminate this announcement to those who might be interested.
The IAJP held meetings at the Eastern Conference of the American Philosophical Association in December 2014 and in January 2016. The IAJP plans to continue holding meetings annually at the Eastern Conference of the APA in the US. This present conference will be the first IAJP meeting in Asia.
We very much look forward to receiving your proposals.
Sincerely yours,
John Krummel
President, International Association of Japanese Philosophy
Dear Friends,
We would like to announce that Professor Agustin Jacinto Zavala has recently been awarded an Imperial decoration, Order of the Rising Sun (Kyokujitsu-shō 旭日章), 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, conferred on him by the present Japanese Ambassador to Mexico, Yamada Akira, at his residence in Mexico City on February 17th, 2016. Professor Zavala states that this was all due to Nishida Kitarō.
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy would like to congratulate Professor Zavala!
Dear Friends,
We would like to announce that an international conference on Japanese philosophy will be held as follows:
Date: 7-9 October 2016 (Friday and Sunday)
Venue: Kyushu University Nishijin Plaza, Fukuoka City, Japan
Theme: Opening up Japanese Philosophy: The Kyoto School and After
Proposals: Abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
Languages: English or Japanese
Submission deadline: 31 May 2016 (Japanesephilosophy@gmail.com)
Notification of acceptance by email: 1 July 2016
URL: http://tetsugakuconferenc.wix.com/2016
Organizer: International Association of Japanese Philosophy (IAJP)
This conference specifically encourages young scholars to submit their proposals. Topics may cover any period, figure or context, including Japanese thought and intellectual history for instance, pertaining to Japanese philosophy in a broad sense. Please feel free to disseminate this announcement to those who might be interested.
The IAJP held meetings at the Eastern Conference of the American Philosophical Association in December 2014 and in January 2016. The IAJP plans to continue holding meetings annually at the Eastern Conference of the APA in the US. This present conference will be the first IAJP meeting in Asia.
We very much look forward to receiving your proposals.
Sincerely yours,
John Krummel
President, International Association of Japanese Philosophy
Dear Friends,
We would like to announce that Professor Agustin Jacinto Zavala has recently been awarded an Imperial decoration, Order of the Rising Sun (Kyokujitsu-shō 旭日章), 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, conferred on him by the present Japanese Ambassador to Mexico, Yamada Akira, at his residence in Mexico City on February 17th, 2016. Professor Zavala states that this was all due to Nishida Kitarō.
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy would like to congratulate Professor Zavala!
Watsuji Workshop at the Nanzan Institute
I would like to invite you to the Watsuji Workshop scheduled on June 25-26th 2016 at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture in Nagoya Japan. We are hoping to organize an intimate meeting where we can exchange our thoughts on Watsuji and deepen our appreciation of his philosophy. Presentations on any aspect of his works are welcomed. You can choose to present your paper either in English or Japanese (or any other language upon request) or just come join us for philosophical conversations and free coffee.
Please confirm your attendance by February 29th 2016 and if you have any questions or concerns or requests with regard to this event or anything related to Japanese philosophy, please feel free to contact me.
If you are interested in giving a talk on Watsuji and spending some time with other scholars on the works of Watusji, I have no doubt that this would be a great opportunity. We are also anticipating the possibility of compiling the papers presented at the workshop into a book and publishing with the Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy or other comparative and Japanese philosophy series.
So, please send us the title of your presentation and 250 word abstract in English (or 500word in Japanese) along with the notification of your love of Watusji philosophy! If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
Sincerely,
-Takeshi
Takeshi Morisato
Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
18 Yamazato-chō, Shōwa-ku
Nagoya 466-8673, Japan
TEL: +81 (0) 52-832-3111
Academia.edu / www.thebibliographia.org / ENOJP
Please confirm your attendance by February 29th 2016 and if you have any questions or concerns or requests with regard to this event or anything related to Japanese philosophy, please feel free to contact me.
If you are interested in giving a talk on Watsuji and spending some time with other scholars on the works of Watusji, I have no doubt that this would be a great opportunity. We are also anticipating the possibility of compiling the papers presented at the workshop into a book and publishing with the Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy or other comparative and Japanese philosophy series.
So, please send us the title of your presentation and 250 word abstract in English (or 500word in Japanese) along with the notification of your love of Watusji philosophy! If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
Sincerely,
-Takeshi
Takeshi Morisato
Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
18 Yamazato-chō, Shōwa-ku
Nagoya 466-8673, Japan
TEL: +81 (0) 52-832-3111
Academia.edu / www.thebibliographia.org / ENOJP
Announcing a new book on Nishida Kitarō:
Nishida Kitarō's Chiasmatic Chorology: Place of Dialectic, Dialectic of Place by John W.M. Krummel, published by Indiana University Press, 2015.
Announcing the journal Social Imaginaries
Nishida Kitarō's Chiasmatic Chorology: Place of Dialectic, Dialectic of Place by John W.M. Krummel, published by Indiana University Press, 2015.
Announcing the journal Social Imaginaries
- We are delighted to let you know that the first, May 2015, issue of the new journal of Social Imaginaries has been published. You can find the full table of contents of issue 1, with abstracts, here. The first issue contains at least two articles of particular interest to IAJP members: a translation of an essay on Nishida Kitarō by Nakamura Yujirō, and an introductory essay Nakamura Yujirō.
- Free access to our editorial and first article ‘Social Imaginaries in Debate’ can be found here on Google Books.
- We would further like to draw your attention to a mash-up video to the 'Preface' of Cornelius Castoriadis's Crossroads in the Labyrinth, produced by the journal.
- You can find full information regarding subscriptions here.
