Kant's Noumenon and Sunyata.

This paper compares Kant's positions on space, time, the relational character of noumena, and the relational character of the self, with the somewhat similar accounts of those things in two philosophers of the Kyoto school: Keiji Nishitani and Nishida Kitaro. I will argue that the philosophers of th...

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Publicado en:Asian Philosophy Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 77 - 96
Autor principal: Weed, Laura E.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2002
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Sumario:This paper compares Kant's positions on space, time, the relational character of noumena, and the relational character of the self, with the somewhat similar accounts of those things in two philosophers of the Kyoto school: Keiji Nishitani and Nishida Kitaro. I will argue that the philosophers of the Kyoto school had a more coherent and better integrated account of those ideas, that was open to Kant. I think that the comparison both clarifies Kant's position on these topics, and elucidates the topics.