The Philosophy of Kitaro Nishida and Current Concepts of the Origin of Life

: The philosophy of Kitaro Nishida is a basic metaphysics that intends to have a perspective beyond both Eastern and Western traditions. Nishida holds that the fundamental reality of the world appears from ‘the place of the absolute nothingness.’ Nishida's thought can be seen to have striking r...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2003-05, Vol.988 (1), p.353-358
Main Author: HOJO, K.O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
action-intuition
contradictory identity
East and West
Enlightenment
nothingness
Origin of Life
science and spirituality
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Summary:: The philosophy of Kitaro Nishida is a basic metaphysics that intends to have a perspective beyond both Eastern and Western traditions. Nishida holds that the fundamental reality of the world appears from ‘the place of the absolute nothingness.’ Nishida's thought can be seen to have striking relationships to certain aspects of contemporary science and philosophy.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06117.x