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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brink, Dean Anthony (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2021]
Series:	Bloomsbury introductions to world philosophies.
Subjects:	Nishida, Kitarō, > 1870-1945. Tanabe, Hajime, > 1885-1962. Nishitani, Keiji, > 1900-1990. Physics > Philosophy. Philosophy and science > Japan. Philosophy, Japanese > 20th century. Kyoto school.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : relativity and quantum physics in the Kyoto School
Nishida philosophy, place, field, and quantum phenomena
Mediation in Tanabe's dialectical vision of competing fields within physics
Modern physics, space, and ideology in Tosaka Jun
What we can learn from the Kyoto School.