CiNii Books - Philosophy of science and the Kyoto school : an introduction to Nishida Kitarō, Tanabe Hajime and Tosaka Jun

This book offers the first introduction to a major Japanese philosophical movement through the interests and arguments of its founder, Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), his successor, Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962), and student-turned-critic, Tosaka Jun (1900-1945). Focusing on their contributions to thinking about place, space, and dialectics, this concise introduction brings these influential thinkers to life by connecting their work to issues still debated in the philosophy of science and physics today. Beginning with an overview of the reception of quantum physics and relativity theory in Japan and concluding with an account of the direct relevance of the Kyoto School to the development of world philosophy in a posthuman age, each clearly-written chapter engages historical contexts and includes: · Carefully-chosen excerpts and original translations of Nishida, Tanabe, and Tosaka · Focus boxes explaining complex concepts and problems of contextualization · A timeline, glossary and index · Further reading lists featuring relevant and significant articles and books in English This introduction is an ideal starting point for students and lecturers looking to become better acquainted with three central Japanese philosophers and learn why their work impacts our current thinking about science.

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1. Introduction: Relativity and quantum physics in the Kyoto School 2. Nishida Philosophy, place, field, and quantum phenomena Nishida’s method and the physical site of active intuition Operationalism and the logic of place in Nishida’s Empirical Science Glossary Discussion Further Reading 3. Mediation in Tanabe’s dialectical vision of competing fields within physics Tanabe’s dialectics of classical and modern physics Situating modern physics in the Kyoto School: From Aristotle to Dirac Glossary Discussion Further Reading 4. Modern physics and ideology in Tosaka Jun From Kantian to Marxist approaches to space and matter Tosaka’s critique of the crisis in modern physics Glossary Discussion Further Reading 5. What we can learn from the Kyoto School The philosophy of physics and competing conceptions of materiality in Nishida, Tanabe, and Tosaka Implications for critical materialisms today Glossary Discussion Further Reading Annotated Bibliography Works in European languages Works in Japanese and Chinese Index

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