Venue: Ishikawa Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy

Information on in-person participation (shuttle bus, etc.): Information

Members-only page (zoom link, etc.): 23rd Annual Conference (members only)

Application for non-member participation (in-person): Non-member participation application form_23rd Annual Conference

*Non-members can also participate in the International Philosophical Exchange Symposium on the 25th (Friday) for free. In addition, non-members can participate in the conference on the 26th and 27th in person for a fee of ¥500. Please apply by June 30th to the General Office of the Nishida Philosophy Association by email, post, or fax using the application form above.

*Non-members can also participate online for free at the International Philosophical Exchange Symposium on the 25th (Friday). We are currently preparing the method of registration, so please wait for a while. Non-members will not be able to participate online on the events programmed to take place on 26th (Saturday) and the 27th (Sunday).

Friday, July 25th　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                 　　　　

13:30-13:35 (5 min.)　Mayor’s Greetings　ABURANO Waichiro (Mayor of Kahoku City)
13:35-16:30 (175 min.) International Symposium: Nature and Memory (自然と記憶)〔Philosophy Hall〕

(30 min. presentations from each of the three panelists) ＋10 min. break＋40 min. panelists discussion＋35 min. general discussion
Language: English
Moderator: Prof. Fongaro Enrico (Nanzan University, Japan)
Panelists: Prof. Dr. John C. Maraldo (University of North Florida, US)

「A Place for Nonhuman Animals in Nishida’s ‘Historical Nature’
(西田の「歴史的自然」における非人間としての動物の場所)」

Dr. Emanuele Coccia (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France)

「(Title to be announced)
(演題未定) 」

Prof. Dr. Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University, US)

「‘Historical Nature’ and Memory in Nishida, and Saint Victoire by Cézanne
(西田哲学における歴史的自然と記憶、およびセザンヌのサン・ヴィクトワール)」

Saturday, July 26th　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                 　　　　

【Morning】

9:30-11:25 (115 min.) Reading of An Inquiry into the Good (善の研究) (Introductory Lecture)〔Workshop Room 2, on the 4th floor, face-to-face only〕

Reading of An Inquiry into the Good Part 3, Chapter 11
Chair：MATSUMOTO Naoki (Doshisha Women’s
College of Liberal Arts)
*Please bring your own text of An Inquiry into the Good

10:50-12:05 (75 min.)

Research Presentation I〔Philosophy Hall〕
１) Sova P. K. CERDA (Kyoto University) Language: English
「Nishida’s Inquiry into the Good, Kant’s Three Critiques, and Two Conceptions of Experience」
Moderator: TANAKA Yutaka (Sophia University)
２) ONO Miyuki (KU Leuven) Language: English
「A Living Philosophy: An Analysis of Nishida and Husserl」
Moderator：ISHIHARA Yuko (Ritsumeikan University)

【Lunch break】12:05/11:25-13:25 (80/120 min.)

If you would like to receive a lunch box, please apply for it when you register to participate in the conference and pay the fee on the day.

【Afternoon】

13:25-13:30 (5 min.) President’s Greetings〔Philosophy Hall〕
13:30-15:00 (90分) Lecture〔Philosophy Hall〕

Lecturer：MAKINO Eiji (Hosei University)
「ディルタイの良き理解者としての西田幾多郎――ディルタイ研究史における西田哲学の功績――」
Moderator：TAKEHANA Yosuke (Fukuoka University)

15:10-16:40 (90 min.) Panel Presentation「Shimomura Toratarō and Philosophy of Nishida」〔Philosophy Hall〕

FUJITA Masakatsu (Kyoto University)
「西田・田辺哲学と下村寅太郎――「歴史」をめぐって――」
KURENUMA Norihisa (YOKOHAMA National University)
「戦争の哲学/戦争と哲学――西田哲学と下村寅太郎――」
UEHARA Mayuko (Kyoto University)
「『モナ・リザ論考』の位置づけ――西田哲学を超えて――」

17:30-19:30 (120 min.) Social gathering〔Venue: Kahoku-tei〕

 

Sunday, July 27th　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                 　　　　

【Morning】

9:40-11:35 (115 min.) Research Presentation II ①〔Philosophy Hall〕(Presentations 25min. + Q&A 10min.) × 3 presenters + 5 min. break × 2 = 115 min.

１) MORI Rei (Kyoto University)
「西田哲学と「現実主義」の問題」
Moderator: OTA Hironobu (Ehime University)
２) GOTO Yujiro (Kyoto University)
「前期西田哲学における「感情」の自覚
――カント、リップスの再解釈から――」
Moderator: SHIRAI Masato (Rissho University)
３) YAMAZAKI Tatsuya (Soka University)
「西谷哲学におけるエックハルト解釈について」
Moderator: AKITOMI Katsuya (Kyoto Institute of Technology)

10:20-11:35 (75 min.) Research Presentation II ②〔Workshop Room, on the 4th floor〕(Presentations 25min. + Q&A 10min.) × 2 presenters + 5 min. break = 75 min.〔Workshop Room 2, on the 4th floor〕

１) No presentations
２) OTA Takashi (Laboratory of Literature and Economics)
「西田幾多郎と日本国憲法」
Moderator: KETA Masako (Kyoto University)
３) MORISHITA Atsumi
「神話としての『君たちはどう生きるか』の哲学
――西田の純粋経験を手引きとして――」
Moderator: ISHII Samoa (Atomi High School)

【Lunch break】11:35/13:00 (85 min.)

If you would like to receive a lunch box, please apply for it when you register to participate in the conference and pay the fee on the day.

【Afternoon】
13:00-13:20 (20 min.) General Meeting〔Philosophy Hall, face-to-face only〕
13:30-16:20 (170 min.) Symposium「Nishita Kitarō and Neo-Kantian School」〔Philosophy Hall〕
5 min. introduction + 40 min. presentation from each of the two panelists + 10 min. break + 35 min. panelists discussion + 40 min. general discussion
Moderator：MITSUHARA Takeshi (Nara Prefectural University)
Panelists：NAKAJIMA Yuta (Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University)

「西田幾多郎の新カント学派批判と心理学」

OHASHI Yoichiro (Sophia University)

「西田幾多郎における新カント主義と新カント学派」

(※ This year’s annual conference is a joint event with the “2025 International Philosophical Exchange Symposium” held at the Ishikawa NISHIDA KITARO Museum of Philosophy)

 

 

[The 23rd Annual Conference of the Nishida Philosophy Association]

July 25-27th, 2025

Venue: Ishikawa Nishida Kitarō Museum of Philosophy, Ishikawa Prefecture (planned to be held face-to-face only Partially Hybrid)

Members-only page (in Japanese): 23rd Annual Conference (members-only)

Application for non-members participation (in person): Non-member participation application form_23rd Annual Conference (in Japanese) *The application deadline is June 30th.

《To all members of the Association》

・Information regarding the annual conference has been sent to you through our mailing list. If you have registered your email address but have not received the email, please make sure to check your spam folder. In case you still have not received the email, please contact the Association’s office.

・The same information has been sent by post to all members (living in Japan) who have not registered their email address. If you would like to have your email address registered and added to our mailing list, please contact the Association’s office.

Call for the next annual conference panel and research presentations Deadline expired

[Panel Presentation]

We are accepting proposals for Panel Presentations (in Japanese or English) in which two or more people will present and discuss on a single subject.

Please submit your application by email to the Association’s office by the last day of February, 2025, including the following: ① Theme, ② purpose of the panel (approximately 800 characters in Japanese or 400 words in English), ③ of the person in charge of the panel (must be a B or C member of our Association), ④ list of names (in both Japanese characters and Roman alphabet) of the participants of the panel presentation, and ⑤ the language to be used. Please provide both Japanese and English versions of itens ①, ③, and ④. Your application will be reviewed after the deadline and you will be contacted regarding the acceptance of your proposal as soon as possible.
※The theme cannot be changed after the deadline.

Application requirements: The person in charge of the panel must be a B or C member of the association (other panelists may be non-members).

Presentation time: Total 90 minutes including discussion (estimated).

[Oral presentation]

If you wish to conduct a Research Presentation at our next annual conference, please submit the following by letter or e-mail to the Association’s office by the last day of March 2024: ① title, ② a summary of the presentation (approximately 800 characters in Japanese or 400 words in English), ③ a short curriculum vitae and ④ any academic and research information deemed relevant. Also, please let us know the English language title of your presentation, your name in Roman alphabet, and an available address where to send documents. Presenters will be determined after a peer-review.

If you wish to give an oral presentation (in Japanese or English) at our next annual conference (B and C members of the Society), please submit the folowing to the Association’s office by the last day of February, 2025 by email: ① title, ② your name and affiliation, ③ a summary of the presentation (approximately 800 characters in Japanese or 400 words in English) ④ the language to be used. Please provide both Japanese and English versions of itens ① and ②. In addition, please provide a separate sheet of ⑤ a brief resume, ⑥ a list of research achievements (if any), and ⑦ the address to which documents, etc. should be sent. The presenter will be selected after the review process.
*Titles cannot be changed after the deadline.

● We have contacted all applicants who have had their oral and panel presentations accepted. If you have not received a reply, please contact the Association as soon as possible.

[Call for Papers] Nishida Philosophy Association Journal Vol. 22 (scheduled to be published in July 2025)

See below for details.

“Nishida Philosophy Association Journal” Submission Rules and Writing Guidelines (Revised June 30, 2019) – in Japanese

Languages: Japanese or English
Deadline of submissions for Vol. 22: End of October 2024

The Association will send a reply within a week after submission. If, by any reasons, you do not receive our reply, please contact the Association’s office.

[Call for Papers] Nishida Philosophy Association Journal Vol. 21 (scheduled to be published in July 2024)

See below for details.

“Nishida Philosophy Association Journal” Submission Rules and Writing Guidelines (Revised June 30, 2019) – in Japanese

Languages: Japanese or English
Deadline of submissions for Vol. 21: End of October 2023

The Association will send a reply within a week after submission. If, by any reasons, you do not receive our reply, please contact the Association’s office.

July 22-23, 2023
Venue: Kyoto University

The 21st Annual Conference of the Nishida Philosophy Association is currently accepting applications for research presentations Deadline expired.
Note that the presentations are open to B/C members only.
If you are interested in making a presentation (in Japanese or English) at our annual conference, please attach a summary of your proposed presentation (approximately 800 characters in Japanese or 400 words in English), a brief biography and any research achievements you may find relevant, and send them by post or e-mail (with your preferred contact address) to the Nishida Philosophy Association’s Office by the end of March.
In case you are presenting in Japanese, please let us know the title of your presentation in English, as well as your name’s proper spelling in the Roman alphabet.
The presenters will be decided after evaluation of the proposals.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

10:00-12:00 Reading of “The Study of the Good” (Introductory lecture) 120 min.

Attn: Yosuke TAKEHANA (Otani University), Yusuke Morino (Kanazawa Gakuin University)

Please prepare your own copy of the “Study of the Good” text.

12:00-13:00 Lunch break

13:00-13:05 Greeting by the President of the Nishida Philosophy Association

13:05-13:40 General Meeting

Report: “The Unpublished Notebooks of Kitaro Nishida” as Research Materials

14:00-16:50 Symposium “Spirituality” (Presentation 40 minutes x 2 speakers) + Break 10 minutes + Discussion 80 minutes = 170 minutes

Chair: Gen OKUMA (Rikkyo University)

Panelist: Masato SHIRAI (Rissho University)

Judgment and Forgiveness: On the Relationship between the Absolute and the Self

Takayoshi IIJIMA (Shinran Buddhist Center)

“Reikaku” in D.T.’s Zen Studies: On the Question of the Contradictory Self

Sunday, December 13, 2020  

10:05-12:00 Research Presentation I [3 speakers] ((25 min presentation + 10 min Q&A) x 3 speakers + (5 min break x 2)) = 115 min

1) Keisuke HATTORI (Kobe University of Health and Welfare) “‘Study of the Good’ and the ‘Metaphysics’ Tradition in Japanese Philosophy”

Moderator: Tomoharu MIZUNO (Kansai University)

2) Katsuyuki TAKAHASHI “The Fixation of Eastern and Western Thought: Searching for the Way of Inclusion in Nishida’s Philosophy

Chair: Masaru YONEYAMA (Nagoya University)

3) Steve LOFTS (University of Western Ontario) (Language/ English)

Dōgen, Nishida, Heidegger – uji, basho and Ort

Chair: Yuko ISHIHARA (Ritsumeikan University)

12:00-13:00 Lunch break

13:00-14:55 Research Presentation II [3 persons] ((25 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for questions) x 3 persons + (5 minutes for break x 2)) = 115 minutes

1) Mitsuharu UEDA (Hiroshima University) “The Meaning of “superposition” in Nishida’s philosophy and its development

Moderator: Tomomi ASAKURA (University of Tokyo)

2) YAMAMOTO Shun (Kyoto University) “‘Intuition and Reflection in Consciousness’ and Early Tanabe’s Mathematical Philosophy

Chair: Hiroshi TANAKA (Sophia University)

3) SANADA Wataru (Osaka University) “‘Dialectic of Absolute Negation’ in Late Nishida: An Analysis of Hegel’s Criticism

Moderator: Seiichiro Kumagai (Kameda Medical University)

July 23 (Saturday)

[Morning] 10:30-12:25 (115 minutes)

Reading Zen no kenkyū (Introductory lecture), KOMCEE East K211

Attn: OKUMA Gen (Rikkyo University), KUMAGAI Seiichiro (Kameda University of Medical Science)

Readings from Zen no kenkyū, Part 2, Chapter 8: Nature *Please prepare your own copy of the text of Zen no kenkyū.

Research Presentation I [KOMCEE East K011] 3 persons (25 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for questions) x 3 persons + 5 minutes for break x 2 = 115 minutes

1) Chiu, Yi-fei (Rissho University)

The Contact Point between “Ma-na” in Watsuji Tetsuro and Early Nishida’s Philosophy: With the “Unity of Will” as a Cue

Chair: Hisafumi TANAKA (Japan Women’s University)

2) Moe Sanada (Kyoto University)

“Will” and “Body” in Nishida’s Philosophy: From “Pure Experience” to “Consciousness”

Chair: Enrico FONGARO (Nanzan University)

3) Jun Arai (Rissho University)

From Body to Self-Awareness: Subjective System and Will in “Intuition and Reflection in Awareness”

Chair: Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University)

Lunch Break 12:25-13:55(90min)

No meals will be served in the classrooms.

Please eat your lunch at restaurants in Komaba-Todaimae Shopping Street.

Afternoon Session

13:55-14:00(5 minutes) Greetings from the Chairman, KOMCEE East K011

14:00-17:00 (180 minutes) Lecture, KOMCEE East K011

Chair: Katsuya Akitomi (Kyoto Institute of Technology)

14:00-15:30 Lecture 1: Juichi Yamakami (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

Nishida’s Philosophy in the Thought of Imanishi Kinji

15:30-17:00 Lecture 2: Teruhisa Tajima (Waseda University)

Nishida’s Theory of Place and Eckhart’s Theory of Essential Origin

–Nishida’s ‘Theory of Place’ and Eckhart’s ‘Theory of Essential Origins’ from the Viewpoint of ‘Panentheismus

July 24 (Sun.)

Morning Session 10:00-11:55 (115 minutes)

Research Presentation II (1) [KOMCEE East K011] 3 presenters (25 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A) x 3 presenters + 5 min. break x 2 = 115 min.

1) Jiro INOHARA (Hokkaido University)

What does it mean that consciousness is a logical form? –Kitaro Nishida’s Practical Self-Consciousness

Chair: Tomomi ASAKURA (University of Tokyo)

2) Sora KOIZUMI (Tohoku University)

Kiyoshi Miki and “New Humanism” in the History of Ideas in the 1930s

Chair: Motonori KITA (Kansai University)

3) Kimie MATSUMOTO (Osaka University)

Kitaro Nishida’s Monadology of Place

Chair: Naoki MATSUMOTO (Hanazono University)

Research Presentation II② [KOMCEE East K211] 3 (Presentation 25 min. + Q&A 10 min.) x 3 + Break 5 min. x 2 = 115 min.

1) No presentation

2) Steve LOFTS (University of Western Ontario)

Nishida’s “Critique of Culture”

Chair: Yongqiang Lin (Dokkyo University)

3) Sova P. K. CERDA (Kyoto University)

The Conceptual and Normative Structure of Activity: Considering Nishitani’s Readings of Nishida and Aristotle

Chair: Felipe Ferrari (Yokkaichi University)

[Lunch Break] 11:55-13:30 (95 minutes)

No meals will be served in the classrooms.

Please eat at restaurants in Komaba Todaicho-mae Shopping Street.

Afternoon Session

13:30-13:50 (20 minutes) General Meeting, KOMCEE East K011

14:00-17:00 (180 minutes) Symposium “The Place of Experience: Development from the Study of the Good”

KOMCEE East K011

5 minutes for explanation of the purpose of the symposium + (30 minutes for 3 panelists) + 10 minutes for break + 30 minutes for discussion among panelists + 50 minutes for plenary discussion

Panelist: Yuji Itabashi (Rissho University) [Moderator]

The Place of Experience: From “The Study of the Good” to the “Form” of the Historical Body

Mika Foundry (Meisei University)

The Practicing Body and Pure Experience

Hiroshi ABE (Kyoto University)

Shinshin-tsuchi — Okori, ikioi, iki awase