Nishida Kitarō and Ernst Cassirer: I and You, He, and the Dialectical Historical World

• Steve Lofts ^[1]
  1. [1] King's University College

     King's University College

     Canadá

     
• Localización: European Journal of Japanese Philosophy: EJJP, ISSN-e 2367-3095, Nº. 8, 2023, págs. 35-69
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Beginning from Elberfeld’s and Ōhashi’s claims that Cassirer may have influenced Nishida, this paper examines Cassirer’s and Nishida’s views on the nature of the I-you relation and expression as well as the importance of the he (彼) in our understanding of Nishida’s turn to the dialectical historical world. Section one establishes the historical and systematic connection between Nishida and Cassirer. Section two analyzes their respective accounts of the logic of mediation. Section three sets out their respective critiques of the metaphysical account of the I-you-world relation. Section four examines their relational accounts of the I-you, he (彼), and the dialectical historical world. The Conclusion delineates the difference between Nishida’s and Cassirer’s respective philosophies of culture and their historical expression