Nishida and Ueda on Philosophical Reflection
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Yuko Ishihara [1]
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[1] Ritsumeikan University
Ritsumeikan University
Kamigyō-ku, Japón
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- Localización: Tetsugaku Companion to Ueda Shizuteru: Language, Experience, and Zen / Ralf Müller (ed. lit.), Raquel Bouso García (ed. lit.), Adam Loughnane (ed. lit.), 2022, ISBN 978-3-030-92320-4, págs. 131-150
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Nishida’s philosophy is often neglected or dismissed on the grounds that it downplays the role of reflection in philosophical discourse and appeals to non-reflective religious experience instead. Yet, although it is true that Nishida hardly thematizes philosophical reflection as such in his writings, we cannot forget that jikaku (自覚) is a central concept and topic for Nishida. While jikaku is often translated as “self-awareness”, for Nishida it refers to the specific way in which one becomes aware of oneself reflectively in the place one finds oneself. Curiously, Nishida does not elaborate on a philosophical kind of jikaku or tetsugakusha toshiteno jikaku (哲学者としての自覚) (jikaku as a philosopher). But, judging from how central this concept was for him, it is natural to assume that a philosophical jikaku is operative throughout his writings. Picking up on this point, Ueda Shizuteru has provided an account of philosophical reflection vis-à-vis jikaku in the context of articulating how it figures in Nishida’s philosophy. Through a careful analysis and interpretation of Ueda’s account, this paper attempts to clear up some of the misunderstandings regarding the status of reflection in Nishida’s philosophy. Specifically, it argues that Ueda offers an account of philosophical reflection that could be understood as a radicalized form of transcendental reflection. In doing so, we will be able to resituate Nishida’s thought within the history of western philosophy, specifically in relation to the transcendental tradition.
