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1Johann Goglieb Fichte and Kimura MotomoriIn Gregory S. Moss & Takeshi Morisato (eds.), The dialectics of absolute nothingness: the legacies of German philosophy in the Kyoto school, Cornell University Press. 2025.
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Nishidian philosophy in the genealogy of groundless willIn Gregory S. Moss & Takeshi Morisato (eds.), The dialectics of absolute nothingness: the legacies of German philosophy in the Kyoto school, Cornell University Press. 2025.
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Tanabe Hajime and Hegel's dialectic: a negative ground for the birth of Tanabean philosophyIn Gregory S. Moss & Takeshi Morisato (eds.), The dialectics of absolute nothingness: the legacies of German philosophy in the Kyoto school, Cornell University Press. 2025.
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The logic of reality in Nishidian philosophyIn Gregory S. Moss & Takeshi Morisato (eds.), The dialectics of absolute nothingness: the legacies of German philosophy in the Kyoto school, Cornell University Press. 2025.
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The dialectics of absolute nothingness: the legacies of German philosophy in the Kyoto school (edited book)Cornell University Press. 2025.The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness examines the influence of German philosophical traditions on the development of the Kyoto School. Contributors explore the Kyoto School's engagement with Western thought, highlighting the centrality of German philosophy while also showing the many ways the Kyoto School critiques the philosophical traditions it incorporates.
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19Tanabe Hajime and the Kyoto School: self, world, and knowledgeBloomsbury Academic. 2021.This introduction to Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962), the critical successor of the "father of contemporary Japanese philosophy" Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), focuses on Hajime's central philosophical ideas and perspective on "self," "world," "knowledge," and the "purpose of philosophizing". Exploring his notable philosophical ideas including the logic of species, metanoetics, and philosophy of death, it addresses his life-long study of the history of Western philosophy. It sets out his belief that West…Read more
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7What Does It Mean for “Japanese Philosophy” To Be “Japanese”? A Kyoto School Discussion of the Particular Character of Japanese ThoughtJournal of World Philosophies 71 (4): 1070-1081. 2016.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Neither/Nor:Ruminating on the Metanoetic Pharmakon in Nietzsche and Other BuddhasTakeshi Morisato (bio)A Compliment to the Philosopher Chef and His table d'hôte intellectuelleIf a book title were comparable to the name of a restaurant, the table of contents would be their menu. Jason Wirth's Nietzsche and Other Buddhas (hereafter NOB) initially reminded me of a fusion restaurant with a strong "Asian" flavor, an ambiguous genre that w…Read more
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17Faith and reason in continental and Japanese philosophy: reading Tanabe Hajime and William DesmondBloomsbury Academic. 2019.This book brings together the work of two significant figures in contemporary philosophy. By considering the work of Tanabe Hajime, the Japanese philosopher of the Kyoto School, and William Desmond, the contemporary Irish philosopher, Takeshi Morisato offers a clear presentation of contemporary comparative solutions to the problems of the philosophy of religion. Importantly, this is the first book-length English-language study of Tanabe Hajime's philosophy of religion that consults the original …Read more
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12MediationMetodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy 7 (2): 7-16. 2019.Is there anything that is given immediately? This question seems to be of crucial importance for Phenomenology, a field perhaps known most principally for its attempt to return directly to the “things themselves.” The seeming simplicity of the idea is appealing: after all, where better for us to start in any philosophical investigation than with things as they appear to us in their most pure or “immediate” state? When put in its historical context as well, Husserl’s phenomenological project coul…Read more
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15Neither/Nor: Ruminating on the Metanoetic Pharmakon in Nietzsche and Other BuddhasPhilosophy East and West 71 (4): 1070-1081. 2021.If a book title were comparable to the name of a restaurant, the table of contents would be their menu. Jason Wirth's Nietzsche and Other Buddhas initially reminded me of a fusion restaurant with a strong "Asian" flavor, an ambiguous genre that we would see anywhere in continental Europe. As one could easily imagine, this is not necessarily a compliment to the chef. By integrating various ingredients and different techniques from diverse culinary traditions, a fusion restaurant might claim to cr…Read more
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14Tanabe Hajime and the Concept of Species: Approaching Nature as a Missing Shade in the Logic of SpeciesIn Andrea Altobrando & Pierfrancesco Biasetti (eds.), Natural Born Monads: On the Metaphysics of Organisms and Human Individuals, De Gruyter. pp. 213-242. 2020.
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16Reason's Fidelity to the Divine Absolute: Metaxology, Metanoesis and the Promise of FreedomDissertation, KU Leuven. 2016.status: published.
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15Introduction to the Philosophy of Hatano Seiichi: With a Partial Translation of Time and EternityComparative and Continental Philosophy 8 (1): 37-52. 2016.This article is the second translation of the preface and first chapter of Hatano Seiichi's Time and Eternity. A full translation of the text, published by Suzuki Ichiro 鈴木一郎 in 1963, is not easily accessible to most readers, while an excellent partial translation by Joseph O'Leary has recently been made accessible to a wider audience through the monumental work, Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook. By providing a short historical introduction to both Hatano's life and works as a great thinker and…Read more
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31Miki Kiyoshi and InterpretationCulture and Dialogue 4 (2): 338-347. 2016.Japanese philosopher Miki Kiyoshi 三木清 wrote an important text on translation entitled “Disregarded Translations”. Among all Kyoto School thinkers, Miki was probably the most prolific writer. His interests spanned various intellectual topics such as philosophy, literature, religion, politics, and journalism. This paper offers a brief introduction to Miki’s conception of translation as well as, for the first time, an English translation of his text. “Disregarded Translations” deals with Japanese s…Read more
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Hyperbolic Skepticism: Tanabe Hajime's Response to Cartesian MetaphysicsIn Pierre Bonneels & Jaime Derenne (eds.), Fortune de la philosophie cartésienne au Japon, Classiques Garnier. pp. 79-92. 2017.
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OvertureIn Takeshi Morisato (ed.), Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy 8: Critical Perspectives on Japanese Philosophy, Chisokudo Publications. pp. 1-8. 2016.
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909The Philosophical World of Meiji Japan: The Philosophy of Organism and Its GenealogyEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy 1 9-30. 2016.Originally published as 「明治の哲学界:有機体の哲学とその系譜」in 井上克人編『豊饒なる明治』, Kansai Daigaku Shuppannbu, 2012, 3–22. Translated by Morisato Takeshi. German Idealism was introduced to Japanese intellectuals in the middle of Meiji era and was mainly received from a mystical or religious perspective, as we see in Inoue Tetsujirō’s “harmonious existence,” Inoue Enryō’s “unity of mind and body,” and Kiyozawa Manshi’s “existentialism.” Since these theories envisioned true reality as a unified and living whole, I grou…Read more
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54Translation of Tanabe Hajime’s “The Limit of Logicism in Epistemology: A Critique of the Marburg and Freiburg Schools”Journal of World Philosophies 2 (2): 1-26. 2017.This article provides the first English translation of Tanabe’s early essay, “The Limit of Logicism in Epistemology: A Critique of the Marburg and Freiburg Schools”. The key notion that the young Tanabe seeks to define in relation to his detailed analyses of contemporary Neo-Kantian epistemology is the notion of “pure experience” presented in Nishida’s philosophy. The general theory of epistemology shared among the thinkers from these two prominent schools of philosophy in early 20 th century Ge…Read more
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33Two Essays on Moral Freedom from the Early Works of Tanabe HajimeComparative and Continental Philosophy 8 (2): 144-159. 2016.This article introduces English translations of Tanabe’s two essays entitled “Moral Freedom” and “On Moral Freedom Revisited.” In these essays, Tanabe tries to understand the unity of the contradictory division between freedom and necessity, while remaining truthful to the moral experience. Freedom is ultimately characterized as ideality that we ought to realize in reality, while the stage of religion constitutes the ultimate end of such moral struggles. Tanabe does not clearly work out how the …Read more
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85Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy 8: Critical Perspectives on Japanese Philosophy (edited book)Chisokudo Publications. 2016.The present volume is the latest example of what scholars of Japanese philosophy have been up to in recent years. The papers collected here, most of them presented at conferences held in Barcelona and Nagoya during 2016, have been arranged in four thematic parts. The first two parts cover the history of Japanese philosophy, as their topics extend from premodern thinkers to twentieth century philosophers; the last two parts focus on Nishida and Watsuji respectively.
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59What Does It Mean for “Japanese Philosophy” To Be “Japanese”? A Kyoto School Discussion of the Particular Character of Japanese ThoughtJournal of World Philosophies 1 (1). 2016.This article provides a critical introduction to, and the first English translation of, the dialogue held between Nishida Kitarō and Miki Kiyoshi in October 1935. The topic of their discussion was the question of the particular character of Japanese culture and philosophy. In the introductory sections of this article, I will reflect on some of the main points that Nishida proposes in response to Miki’s questions, and clarify what these insights mean for a culture or a historical framework of tho…Read more
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