Tetsugaku Companion to Feeling (Tetsugaku Companions to Japanese Philosophy Book 6)

This edited volume is the first in English that covers the philosophy of feeling and related topics in Japanese philosophy on Nishida Kitarō and fellow thinkers. Part I focuses on Nishida Kitarō’s philosophy of feeling, including, but not limited to, comparisons with Tanabe Hajime, Koyama Iwao, and provides coverage of Buddhist, moral and Chinese philosophy. Part II goes beyond Kitarō into topics such as Japanese aesthetics, Nietsche’s reception in Japan, and the philosophy of AI. This is a comprehensive scholarly text on feeling in Japanese philosophy, aimed at researchers and students working in the field. Introduction Why Study Feeling in Japanese Philosophy Today? What Does Japanese Philosophy Contribute to the Philosophy of Feeling? Whither Is Japanese Philosophy for Feeling? References Contents About the Editors Contributors Part I: Nishida Kitarō on Feeling Chapter 1: The Orientation of Japanese Philosophy: Feeling in Nishida, or Scientific Attitude in Tanabe 1 Introduction 2 Logicization 論理化 3 Logical Development in Tanabe 4 Tanabe’s Dialetical Logic and Valéry’s Discord Between Science and Composing Poems 5 Valéry’s Symbolical Poem: High Valuation and Criticism 6 Conclusion References Chapter 2: The Blue Flower in the Mirror of True Emptiness: An Approach to Nishida’s Active Feeling 1 Introduction 2 The Blue Flower 3 Conclusion References Chapter 3: The Feeling of Happiness, Moral Sentimentalism and Knowing-to: On Nishida Kitarō’s Energetism 1 Introduction 2 Feeling, Happiness, and Feeling of Happiness 3 Feeling of Happiness and Moral Sentimentalism 4 Moral Sentimentalism and Knowing-to 5 Concluding Remarks: From Feeling of Happiness to Feeling-to-Happiness References Chapter 4: The Role of Shuqing (Feeling-Expression) in Response to the Form of Formlessness: Its Role in Eastern Culture and Philosophies 1 Introduction 2 Feeling and the Form of Formlessness 3 Emptiness ji qi and the Form of Formlessness 4 Interpenetration and the “Original Feeling-Expression” 5 Summation: Responsiveness of Feeling-Expression in the Context of the Philosophy of qi References Chapter 5: “Kannō dōkō and kō'ō in Japanese Philosophy: A Blueprint for a Second Person Approach” 1 Introduction 2 Thetic Modality: Intentionality 3 A-thetic Modality: kannō dōkō 4 Bi-thetic Modality: kō'ō 5 Non-thetic Modality: dōtoku 6 Conclusion References Part II: Feeling Beyond Nishida Kitarō Chapter 6: Japanese “Mono-no-aware” and Western Philosophy 1 Introduction: Does “mono-no-aware” Have a Special Japanese Characteristic? 2 Aesthetic Aspects of “mono-no-aware”: Ōnishi Yoshinori’s Aesthetic Category Theory 2.1 Basic Structure of Ōnishi’s Aesthetics 2.2 Aesthetic Analysis of “mono-no-aware” by Ōnishi 2.2.1 Psychological and Aesthetic Meaning of “mono-no-aware”: External Involvement 2.2.2 “Aware” as a Special Aesthetic Category: The Origin of Depth 2.2.3 Grounds for Peculiarity: Ancient and Medieval Mental Situation in Japan 3 Ethical Aspects of “mono-no-aware” 3.1 “Mono-no-aware” and the Moral Lessons of Confucianism and Buddhism 3.2 Specific Content of Confrontation: “Catabolism” by Norinaga and Its Understanding by Karaki 3.3 Ethics of Empathy 4 Metaphysical Aspects of “mono-no-aware” 4.1 Watsuji’s Criticism of Norinaga 4.2 Questions Regarding Watsuji’s Ideas: Exaggeration and Fluctuations in Description 4.3 Contrast with Nietzsche and Schopenhauer References Chapter 7: The Ethical Implications of Enlightenment in Dōgen’s Philosophy of Compassion 1 Introduction 2 Dōgen’s Critique of Human Feelings (Ninjō 人情) 3 The Roles of Feelings in Enlightenment: Compassion and the Actualization of the Bodhisattva Ideal 4 Compassion as an Activity: The Nonduality of Practice and Enlightenment 5 Conclusion References Chapter 8: The Early Reception of Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence in Japan and Its Emotional Features 1 Introduction 2 Anesaki Chōfū and Tobari Chikufū 3 Natsume Sōseki 4 Watsuji Tetsurō and Abe Jirō 5 Kuki Shūzō 6 Conclusion References Chapter 9: Ressentiment and Love: Nietzsche, Scheler and Asano 1 Introduction 2 Nietzsche on Ressentiment and Scheler’s Criticism 3 Asano on Confucianism as a Religion of Ressentiment 4 Conclusion References Chapter 10: Between the Authentic and the Artificial: A Thought Experiment on Kokoro 1 Introduction 2 Kokoro and Its Limitation: The Work of Kokoro Concerning the Given Environment and Body-Mind Network 3 Apparatus of Kokoro –– From Perspective of Emotion 4 Structure of Kokoro: Is Kokoro an Apparatus Limited to Living Beings? 4.1 Thought Experiments by Thomas Kasulis 4.2 Thought Experiments Through Medieval Japan: Mujō, Xin, and Kokoro 4.3 Thought Experiment by Ōmori and Its Relation to Mujō and Ujō 5 Conclusion: Beyond the Habitual Thinking on Mind to the Nexus of Kokoro References Index Untitled