Nishida on Heidegger |
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Authors: | Curtis A Rigsby |
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Institution: | (1) Philosophy Department of Saint Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA;(2) Japan Committee of the Society of Christian Philosophers (International), |
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Abstract: | Heidegger and East-Asian thought have traditionally been strongly correlated. However, although still largely unrecognized,
significant differences between the political and metaphysical stance of Heidegger and his perceived counterparts in East-Asia
most certainly exist. One of the most dramatic discontinuities between East-Asian thought and Heidegger is revealed through
an investigation of Kitarō Nishida’s own vigorous criticism of Heidegger. Ironically, more than one study of Heidegger and
East-Asian thought has submitted that Nishida is that representative of East-Asian thought whose philosophy most closely resembles
Heideggerian thought. In words that then and now resound discordantly within the enshrined, established view of Heidegger’s
relationship to East-Asian thought, Nishida stated uninhibitedly his own view of Heidegger in the noteworthy statement: “Heidegger
is not worth your time… He…does not recognize that which is indispensible and decisive, namely, God.” This present study lays
out for the first time in English, the significant differences between the metaphysical and political stances of Nishida and
Heidegger, Nishida’s own critique of Heidegger, and Heidegger’s own rather dismal assessment of non-Western philosophy, all
of which demonstrate a remarkable, hitherto unrecognized discontinuity between Heidegger and East-Asian thought. |
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