Gadamer’s notion of dialogical truth relies on the claim that self and world “belong together” as aspects of a single, unitary phenomenon, one which is made manifest in language. This view has difficulty, however, accounting for that which is untruthful. To get past this obstacle I suggest that we turn to Nishida’s work, which shows how we can bring self and world together into a kind of harmony such that the cultivation of perception makes possible truthful expression.

This is a set of essays and translations that covers comprehensively all of Japanese philosophy.

The past twenty years have seen the publication of numerous translations and commentaries on the principal philosophers of the Kyoto School, but so far no general overview and evaluation of their thought has been available, either in Japanese or in Western languages. James Heisig, a longstanding participant in these efforts, has filled that gap with Philosophers of Nothingness. In this extensive study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought (...) in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan. (shrink)

"Tanabe's agenda was not religious but philosophical in that he tried to integrate Eastern and Western insights in order to acquire a cross-cultural philosophical vision for the post-war world community.... This book shows his superior philosophical originality.... It is high time that Tanabe's thought should be introduced to the West."—Joseph Kitagawa, University of Chicago.

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to argue that the connection between hermeneutics and practical philosophy is so strong that one needs to consider hermeneutics as the outline of an ethical sensibility, one that takes up the challenges that are outlined by Heidegger's call for an “original ethics.“ Part of this argument entails demonstrating how understanding, the real task of every hermeneutic project, is ultimately a form of self-understanding.

Focusing on Heidegger and the work of Paul Klee, Schmidt pursues larger issues in the relationship between word, image, and truth.

À luz da Carta Sétima de Platão, justificamos o filosofar tramado entre o exercício fenomenológico e hermenêutico sob a égide dos ‘elogios à verdadeira filosofia’. Desenvolveremos aqui que ele se efetiva dialeticamente segundo os movimentos descendente [constituída pelo todo da carta; trata-se da vertente dialógico-prática – ética, política] e ascendente [descrita na digressão da carta; trata-se da face inteligível-teórico - metafísica]. Conferiremos atenção especial aos cinco momentos [nome, definição, imagem, ciência e ‘a coisa mesma’] do itinerário ascendente. Ao final, mostraremos (...) que o método do método dialético é dialético também e efetiva-se tanto entre os dois movimentos quanto entre seus momentos internos o que leva à instituição de uma circularidade espiral ascensional ou de um círculo virtuoso. Com isto mostraremos que o filosofar constitui-se enquanto uma metafísica dialética marcada pela temporalidade e liberdade humana. (shrink)

_The Phenomenology of Spirit_ is Hegel's most important and famous work. It is essential to understanding Hegel's philosophical system and why he remains a major figure in Western Philosophy. This _GuideBook_ introduces and assesses: * Hegel's life and the background to the _Phenomenology of Spirit_ * the ideas and the text of the _Phenomenology of Spirit_ * the continuing importance of Hegel's work to philosophy.

Bien des difficultés que nous éprouvons à comprendre les oeuvres philosophiques des Anciens proviennent souvent du fait que nous commmettons en les interprétant un double anachronisme: nous croyons que, comme beaucoup d'oeuvres modernes, elles sont destinées à communiquer des informations concernant un contenu conceptuel donné et que nous pouvons aussi en tirer directement des renseignements clairs sur la pensée et la psychologie de leur auteur. Mais en fait, elles sont très souvent des exercices spirituels que l'auteur pratique lui-même et fait (...) pratiquer à son lecteur. Elles sont destinées à former les âmes. Elles ont une valeur psychagogique. (shrink)