1st Edition
Beyond Personal Identity Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self
By Gereon Kopf
Copyright 2001
319 Pages
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Routledge
298 Pages
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Routledge
298 Pages
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Routledge
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Applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitaro to the philosophical problem of personal identity, probing the applicability of the concept of non-self to the philosophical problems of selfhood, otherness, and temporality which culminate in the conundrum of personal identity.
Introduction, Methodological Considerations PART ONE: Personal Identity Revisited CHAPTER ONE: The Problem of Personal Identity PART TWO: Zen Buddhism and Phenomenology on Self-Awareness CHAPTER TWO: Selfhood CHAPTER THREE: Otherness CHAPTER FOUR: Continuity of Experience CHAPTER FIVE: Temporality PART THREE: Zen Conceptions of Identity CHAPTER SIX: A Zen Phenomenology of Experience CHAPTER SEVEN: Personhood as Presencing
Biography
Gereon Kopf
'Gereon Kopf ... does an outstanding job in taking on the challenge of relating the complex thought of Japanese giants Dogen and Nishida to various Western conceptions of the person.' - Philosophy East and West
'Kopf ... makes a significant contribution to east-west dialogue.' - Religious Studies Review
