Philosophy of Science and The Kyoto School by Dean Anthony Brink

Tanabe's dialectics of classical and modern physics Mediation in Tanabe's dialectical vision of competing fields within physics Operationalism and the logic of place in Nishida's Empirical Scienceģ. Nishida's method and the physical site of active intuition Nishida Philosophy, place, field, and quantum phenomena Introduction: Relativity and quantum physics in the Kyoto SchoolĢ. Philosophy of Science and The Kyoto School Paperback edition by Dean Anthony Brinkġ. This introduction is an ideal starting point for students and lecturers looking to become better acquainted with three central Japanese philosophers and learn why their work impacts our current thinking about science.

Further reading lists featuring relevant and significant articles and books in English.Focus boxes explaining complex concepts and problems of contextualization.Carefully-chosen excerpts and original translations of Nishida, Tanabe, and Tosaka.

Focusing on their contributions to thinking about place, space, and dialectics, this concise introduction brings these influential thinkers to life by connecting their work to issues still debated in the philosophy of science and physics today.īeginning with an overview of the reception of quantum physics and relativity theory in Japan and concluding with an account of the direct relevance of the Kyoto School to the development of world philosophy in a posthuman age, each clearly-written chapter engages historical contexts and includes: This book offers the first introduction to a major Japanese philosophical movement through the interests and arguments of its founder, Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), his successor, Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962), and student-turned-critic, Tosaka Jun (1900-1945).

Philosophy of Science and The Kyoto School by Dean Anthony Brink