Logic of Nothingness A Study of Nishida Kitaro

Name: Logic of Nothingness A Study of Nishida Kitaro
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ISBN: 9780824829698

ISBN-10: 0824829697

ISBN-13: 9780824829698

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert J. J. Wargo

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The writings of Nishida Kitar#x014D;, whose name has become almost synonymous with Japanese philosophy, continue to attract attention around the world. Yet studies of his thought in Western languages have tended to overlook two key areas: first, the influence of the generation of Japanese philosophers who preceded Nishida; and second, the logic of basho (place), the cornerstone of Nishida's mature philosophical system. The Logic of Nothingness addresses both of these topics. Robert Wargo argues that the overriding concern of Nishida's mature philosophy, the attempt to give a reasonable account of reality that includes the reasonableness of that account itself--or what Wargo calls "the…

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List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 5/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.48" wide x 8.94" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword


Nishida's predecessors


The first attempts : radical empiricism and voluntarism


Consciousness and the mystical foundations of realism


The concept of Basho


The logic of Basho


Conclusion


A translation of Nishida's "general summary" from The system of self-consciousness of the universal