Nishida Kitaro

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Japanese philosopher academic human philosopher

Nishida Kitaro was a pioneering 20th-century Japanese philosopher and founder of the Kyoto School, known for his work on "pure experience" and the synthesis of Western and Eastern thought.

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Label Occurrences
Nishida Kitaro canonical 5
Nishida 1
西田幾多郎 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese philosopher ⓘ
academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
birthDate 1870-05-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Ishikawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Unoke ⓘ
citizenship Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
deathDate 1945-06-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Japan ⓘ
Kamakura ⓘ
Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Kyoto Imperial University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tohoku Imperial University NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 20th-century philosophy ⓘ
familyName Nishida Kitaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nishida
fieldOfWork comparative philosophy ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
founderOf Kyoto School ⓘ
givenName Kitaro ⓘ
influenced Hisamatsu Shinichi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuki Shuzo ⓘ
Kyoto School ⓘ
Nishitani Keiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanabe Hajime NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Dōgen ⓘ
surface form: Dogen

G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Henri Bergson ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

William James ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
knownFor concept of pure experience ⓘ
development of a philosophy of absolute nothingness ⓘ
synthesis of Western and Eastern philosophy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese ⓘ
mainInterest philosophy of experience ⓘ
synthesis of Western and Eastern thought ⓘ
movement Kyoto School ⓘ
name Nishida Kitaro self-link ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
notableIdea absolute nothingness ⓘ
logic of basho ⓘ
pure experience ⓘ
self-identity of absolute contradictions ⓘ
notableWork An Inquiry into the Good ⓘ
From That Which Acts to That Which Sees ⓘ
Intuition and Reflection in Self-Consciousness ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Kyoto School ⓘ
positionHeld professor of philosophy ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism

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Path of Philosophy → namedAfter → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
Path of Philosophy → associatedWith → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
哲学の道 → namedAfter → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
this entity surface form: 西田幾多郎
Nishida Kitaro → name → Nishida Kitaro self-link ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Nishida