Research fields:
Philosophy and ethics, religious studies
Research themes:
Research on the “absolute,” especially in relation to the “ego,” with reference to Kitaro Nishida and German idealism.
[Keywords]
Ego, self-denial, the Absolute
Main books and papers:
◆“The Dialectical Universal” In Tetsugaku Companion to Nishida Kitaro, Springer, 2022
◆“Fihite no Gensho Gainen” (Fichte’s Concept of Phenomenon) In Doko kara Doko e (From Elsewhere to Elsewhere: Four Phenomenological Essays), Chisen Shokan, 2021
◆“Nishida ni okeru Zettaimu to Ko” (Nishida’s Absolute Nothingness and the Individual) Annual Journal of Nishida Philosophy Association vol.17, 2020
◆“Licht und Ich. Der letzte Grund der Realität des Wissens bei Fichte” (Light and Ego: Fichte’s Ultimate Ground of the Reality of Knowledge) In Fichte im Streit (Fichte in Dispute), Königshausen & Neumann, 2018
◆“Cha no Shiso” (Philosophy of Tea) In Koza Nihon Chanoyu Zenshi. Dai San Kan (Lecture: Entire History of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Volume 3: Modern Times), Shibunkaku, 2013
◆“Hi wa Hi wo Yakanai. Nishitani Keiji ni okeru Ku to Ego” (Fire Does Not Burn Fire: Keiji Nishitani’s Emptiness and Mutuality) Riso vol.689, 2012
◆Hisamatsu Shin’ichi. Kaku no Tetsugaku (Shin’ichi Hisamatsu. Philosophy of Awakening) (Editorship and commentary), Toeisha, 2002