Joint Reading Workshop: Non-Dualistic Logic in Nishida Kitaro's "Logic and Life"

Nishida, Kitaro (1870-1945) is a twentieth-century Japanese philosopher. Influenced by Fichte and Hegel, Nishida's philosophical work is often compared with Lebensphilosophie [philosophy of life], the intellectual trend that came on the scene around the turn of the 20th century. In this reading workshop, we will read and discuss the first few sections of "Logic and Life" (1936), in which Nishida talks about the origin of logic based on his non-dualism.

This workshop is led by Takushi Odagiri (M.D. Tokyo, Ph.D. Stanford). He is a postdoctoral research fellow for the Global Asia Initiative at Duke University and a visiting faculty member for the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies department.

The reading "Logic and Life" can be found at: http://search.library.duke.edu/search?id=DUKE005475145

Or search "Place and Two Dialectic: Two Essays."

A lunch will be served.