There are two cultural principles operative in contemporary Japan; one is a relatively new principle derived from the West, and the other a traditional Eastern principle.These two principles are, at least in contemporary Japan, contradictory to one another: the Western principle is considered to be an anti-naturalistic one stressing technique, while the traditional Eastern principle is essentially one founded on naturalism.

日本的合理思想の発見。三浦梅園、二宮尊徳から西田幾多郎へと脈々と流れる、西洋とは異なる合理思想の展開。その論理と構造を明快に論じた、出色の日本文化論。.

Japanese Buddhism is sometimes called “funeral Buddhism” contemptuously. Buddhism is often criticized in that it serves only the dead and does not useful for the living. In truth, the main duties of Buddhist monks are to perform funeral services, maintain graves and perform memorial services for the dead in Japan today. Modern Buddhist leaders in Japan tried to argue against such criticism and insisted that Buddhism in origin was not a religion for the dead but for the living. In the (...) post-modern situation, however, the philosophy of the dead is becoming necessary instead of the philosophy of the living that has been prevalent in modern ages. The living human beings cannot live without thinking of the dead. For example, the war victims in Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Nanjing and other places do not forgive us even today. In this situation, it is necessary to evaluate Buddhist tradition in Japan that shows us the way how to go with the dead. In this paper, first, I will introduce the philosophy of Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962) who insisted the existential co-operation with the dead under the influence of Zen Buddhism and next, examine some Mahayana Buddhist sutras from the viewpoint of the relation between the living and the dead. (shrink)

人間は本来的に、公共の秩序に収まらない何かを抱えて生きる存在である。常識として通用してきた倫理道徳では対応できない問題が起きたとき、そこに見えてくるのは何なのか。“人間”の領域、つまり倫理的な世界をは み出したところで出会う「他者」、さらにはその極限にある「死者」との関わりを、著者は、古典的な仏教学ではない“現代に生きる仏教”の視座から、根源的に問い直そうとする。倫理を超える新たな地平を示すと同時に 、日本仏教の思想的成果を丹念に抽出し、それを広範な哲学・思想史の中に位置づけ、鍛え直した著書。初版刊行後の理論的展開を書き下ろしで加えた、待望の文庫版。.

1. Meiji shisōka ron -- 2. Kindai Nihon to Bukkyō.

末木文美士、中島隆博、若松英輔、安藤礼二、中島岳志、死者と霊性をめぐっての白熱した討議をまとめる。.

日本において「近代仏教」はどのように形成され、展開していったのか。本書は、こうした問いを念頭に、思想と実践の両面から、代表的知識人の営為に光をあてる。また、浄土、日蓮、禅という三系統について、それぞれ の複雑な思想動向を取りあげていく。幅広い視点から、近代仏教の諸相をとらえた充実の書。.

哲学を厳密さの檻から解放し、日本の近代思想を土台に豊かな思索の実践を繰り広げる。.

It has been suggested that luminance edges in retinal images are potential cues for glossiness perception, particularly when the perception relies on low-luminance specular regions. However, a previous study has shown only statistical correlations between luminance edges and perceived glossiness, not their causal relations. Additionally, although specular components should be embedded at various spatial frequencies depending on the micro-roughness on the object surface, it is not well understood what spatial frequencies are essential for glossiness perception on objects with different micro-roughness. (...) To address these issues, we examined the impact of a sub-band contrast enhancement on the perceived glossiness in the two conditions of stimuli: the Full condition where the stimulus had natural specular components and the Dark condition where it had specular components only in dark regions. Object images with various degrees of surface roughness were generated as stimuli, and their contrast was increased in various spatial-frequency sub-bands. The results indicate that the enhancement of the sub-band contrast can significantly increase perceived glossiness as expected. Furthermore, the effectiveness of each spatial frequency band depends on the surface roughness in the Full condition. However, effective spatial frequencies are constant at a middle spatial frequency regardless of the stimulus surface roughness in the Dark condition. These results suggest that, for glossiness perception, our visual system depends on specular-related information embedded in high spatial frequency components but may change the dependency on spatial frequency based on the surface luminance to be judged. (shrink)

カミの言葉から人の言葉へ。声の伝達から文字による記録へ。思想はどのように記録され、何を媒介にして人びとに伝えられてきたのか。その実態と変遷をさぐる。.

秩序と規範はいかにもたらされ、どのようにいだかれるか。イエ、クニ、社会、「国家」など、さまざまな位相における秩序と規範のあり方、時代のなかでのその変容について検証する。.

いま、なぜ日本の思想なのか。出発点としての問いかけ。近代において日本思想の研究が立ち上がって行く過程、日本的なるものへの問い、多様な「日本」観などを検討する。.

法哲学の「欲張り」な教科書。わかりやすくておもしろく、最新の研究成果を盛り込みながら、日本だけでなく国際的にも通用する標準...

本巻は、仏教論理学を存在論、認識論、論理学、真理論、言語哲学の各視点から解説し、さらに全知者・輪廻、刹那滅の論証など、最新の研究成果を通じて、その基本的構造と現代的意義を示す。.