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6Ogyū Sorai and the End of PhilosophyIn Paulus Kaufmann, Raji C. Steineck, Ralph Weber, Robert Gassmann & Elena L. Lange (eds.), Kaufmann, Paulus (2018). Ogyū Sorai and the End of Philosophy. In: Steineck, Raji C; Weber, Ralph; Gassmann, Robert; Lange, Elena L. Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic world (Vol. 1: China and Japan). Leiden: Brill, 607-629, . pp. 607-629. 2018.
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1From Uji to Being-Time (and Back): Translating Dōgen into PhilosophyIn Ralf Müller & George Wrisley (eds.), Dōgen’s Texts: Manifesting Religion and/as Philosophy?, Springer Verlag. pp. 207-224. 2023.I seek to show that the declared aim of Dōgen’s writings, which were often edited versions of ritualised verbal teachings, was to guide disciples on the Buddha Way—a practical path to salvation that was clearly defined and delimited by an authoritative tradition. Dōgen, therefore, tried to preclude rather than foster the open-ended discussion of fundamental problems of human life that is otherwise usually associated with the concept of philosophy. Hence, Dōgen speaks a language of persuasion tha…Read more
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2Time, Waste, and Enlightenment, or: On Leaving No TraceIn Raji C. Steineck, Sabine Gross & Steve Ostovich (eds.), Steineck, Raji C (2016). Time, Waste, and Enlightenment, or: On Leaving No Trace. In: Gross, Sabine; Ostovich, Steve. Time and Trace: Multidisciplinary Investigations of Temporality. Leiden: Brill Verlag, 276-298, . pp. 276-298. 2016.
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1Conflict is both a creative force in the establishment and a necessary condition for the sustenance of all higher modes of being. This, in short, I find to be one of the most ground-breaking insights of J. T. Fraser’s theory of “Time as a Hierarchy of Creative Conflicts.” As a consequence of this insight, I argue that to understand, with Fraser, the constitutive and creative function of some kinds of conflict will help us to accept, and even embrace, conflict not merely as a perpetual fact, as s…Read more
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7Ernst Cassirer’s Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (PSF) primarily reflects on culture as a system of normative domains that are path-dependently configured. PSF elaborates on the domains of myth/religion, language, and science, but misses a discussion of the economy. By sketching a corresponding exposition, we contribute to the ongoing discussion of how economic science may investigate the world beyond utility functions. Our argument proceeds along historical and comparative lines with a ‘reciprocal…Read more
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In this essay I discuss the various ways time can be inscribed in texts below the level of explicit propositions about time. I argue that a full chronographical analysis needs to account for the dimensions of the theoretical, the practical, and the aesthetic. Taking Kant’s table of categories as a guide to the fundamental functions of chronographic determination, I propose a methodology of analysis that goes beyond the aspect of quantitative measurement, and includes typological, thetic, and mod…Read more
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5Concepts of philosophy in Asia and the Islamic world (edited book)Brill-Rodopi. 2018.Concepts of Philosophy challenges received conceptions of philosophy by way of critical engagement with Chinese and Japanese sources. Built on philologically sound readings of specific texts, the book lifts the discussion on the concept of philosophy to a global plane.
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Presidential address : should we give up "time"?In Carlos Montemayor & Robert R. Daniel (eds.), Time's urgency, Brill. 2019.
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President's address : time in varianceIn Arkadiusz Misztal, Paul Harris & Jo Alyson Parker (eds.), Time in variance, Brill. 2021.
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Did East Asian literatures lack a concept of authorship before their integration into classical modernity? Distinguishing various author functions, which can be distributed among several individuals, this edited volume covers the whole spectrum from composite to individual forms of authorship.
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20Concepts of Philosophy (edited book)Brill. 2018.The contributions to Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World reflect upon the problems implied in the received notions of philosophy in the respective scholarly literatures. They ask whether, and for what reasons, a text should be categorized as a philosophical text (or excluded from the canon of philosophy), and what this means for the concept of philosophy. The focus on texts and textual corpora is central because it makes authors expose their claims and arguments in direct relati…Read more
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4Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic world: Vol. 1: China and Japan (edited book)Brill | Rodopi. 2018._Concepts of Philosophy_ challenges received conceptions of philosophy by way of critical engagement with Chinese and Japanese sources. Built on philologically sound readings of specific texts, the book lifts the discussion on the concept of philosophy to a global plane.
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24Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic world Vol. 1: China and Japan (edited book)Brill. 2018._Concepts of Philosophy_ challenges received conceptions of philosophy by way of critical engagement with Chinese and Japanese sources. Built on philologically sound readings of specific texts, the book lifts the discussion on the concept of philosophy to a global plane.
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15Auf Nichts gebautFichte-Studien 46 127-150. 2018.Nishida Kitarō is considered by many as the most important 20th century Japanese philosopher for his ability to employ modern concepts and terminologies, and use them to construct a unique system carrying a distinctly East Asian flavour. In this system, the notion of nothingness plays a fundamental part both in terms of epistemology and ontology. While this conceptual choice was also inspired by Buddhist sources, Nishida also drew on the theoretical philosophy of Hermann Cohen to elaborate, how …Read more
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49Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World, vol. 1: China and Japan (edited book)Brill. 2018._Concepts of Philosophy_ challenges received conceptions of philosophy by way of critical engagement with Chinese and Japanese sources. Built on philologically sound readings of specific texts, the book lifts the discussion on the concept of philosophy to a global plane.
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71Introduction: The Concept of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic WorldIn Raji C. Steineck, Elena L. Lange, Ralph Weber & Robert H. Gassmann (eds.), Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World, vol. 1: China and Japan, Brill. pp. 1-52. 2018.This introductory chapter reviews the history of the reception of philosophy from Asia and the Islamic World in Western philosophy and argues in favor of conceptualizing philosophy from a more globally informed point of view.
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65Introduction: ‘What is Japanese Philosophy’?In Raji C. Steineck, Elena L. Lange, Ralph Weber & Robert H. Gassmann (eds.), Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World, vol. 1: China and Japan, Brill. pp. 459-481. 2018.This introductory chapter on concepts of Japanese philosophy and the concomitant approaches to this subject contains 1) a brief critical overview of the term's history and its impact on the definition of the field and 2) a short presentation of the ensuing chapters, which create a sustained dialogue on how to understand Japanese philosophy and how to delineate its his history.
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53A Zen Philosopher? – Notes on the philosophical reading of Dōgen's ShōbōgenzōIn Raji C. Steineck, Elena L. Lange, Ralph Weber & Robert H. Gassmann (eds.), Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World, vol. 1: China and Japan, Brill. pp. 577-606. 2018.This contribution argues that it is misleading to consider Dōgen (1200-1253) a philosopher, in spite of a strong reception of his thought in Japanese and Comparative philosophy since the early 20th century. Dōgen himself gives a decidedly parochial description of his own agenda, and that he considered non-Buddhist views and teachings unworthy of any consideration whatsoever. There are substantial differences between Dōgen's concept of the Buddha Way and philosophy as an open-ended and reasoned d…Read more
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26'Religion' and the Concept of the Buddha Way: Semantics of the Religious in DōgenAsiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques 72 (1): 177-206. 2018.In recent decades, the concept of religion, and specifically its application to non-Western historic cultural formations has come unter critical scrutiny. This paper applies the analysis of semantic fields to three works by the medieval Japanese Buddhist monk Dōgen (1200–1253), who came to be revered as founder of the still extant Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. By putting his notion of the ‘Buddha Way’ (butsudō) into strong relief, it provides a basis for comparison with modern concepts of religio…Read more
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21Time subsumed or time sublated? (review)Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques 71 (4): 1339-1353. 2018.Rezensierte Publikation : Harry D. Harootunian: Marx after Marx: History and time in the expansion of capitalism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015, 312 pp., ISBN 978-0-231-17480-0.
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100This book chapter is concerned with the questions of authorship in texts related to Dōgen Kigen, a Japanese monk who lived between 1200 and 1253, at the dawn of the Japanese Medieval period. Dōgen was involved to widely varying degrees, in the production of those works catalogued under his name, and figures as different authorial types from the truthful disciple recording his master's words in Hōkyōki to the converse role of authoritative master, whose words are truthfully recorded by his own ad…Read more
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Leib und Herz bei Dogen. Kommentierte Ubersetzungen und theoretische RekonstruktionPensamiento 64 (240): 376. 2008.
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Epistemology |
Asian Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |
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Epistemology |
Metaphilosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |
Asian Philosophy |