Tanabe Hajime and the Kyoto School

This introduction to Tanabe Hajime (1885–1962), the critical successor of the “father of contemporary Japanese philosophy” Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945), focuses on Tanabe''s central philosophical ideas and perspective on self, world, knowledge, and the purpose of philosophizing.

Addressing Tanabe''s life-long study of the history of Anglo-European philosophy, Takeshi Morisato explores his notable p...