James W. Heisig - Key Note Address ENOJP Brussels 2016

Описание: "An Apology for Philosophical Transgressions" James W. Heisig (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture). Chair: Takeshi Morisato.

Abstract: Having spent half a life time collaborating in the effort to make the philosophical resources of Japan more accessible to those trained in classical Western philosophy, I think it is time I took stock of just how all that access has affected my own habits of thought. More specifically, I would like to address, in concrete terms, the question of how far the writings of the Kyoto School philosophers have altered the worldview I came to Japan with over forty years ago. To accomplish this, I will lay out, as clearly as I can and in the most general terms, the philosophical perspective from which I have come to look at the things of life, and offer it by way of apologia for my transgressions of established academic boundaries. Finally, and on this basis, I would like to propose a new question to be added to the fundamental questions of philosophy.

This lecture took place at the Second annual conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy [ENOJP] 7–10 December 2016, Université libre de Bruxelles [ULB].

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