Nishida Kitaro

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Nishida Kitaro was a pioneering 20th-century Japanese philosopher and founder of the Kyoto School, known for his work on "pure experience" and the synthesis of Western and Eastern thought.

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Nishida Kitaro canonical 5
Nishida 1
西田幾多郎 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese philosopher ⓘ
academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
birthDate 1870-05-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Ishikawa Prefecture ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Unoke ⓘ
citizenship Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
deathDate 1945-06-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Japan ⓘ
Kamakura ⓘ
Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
educatedAt University of Tokyo ⓘ
employer Kyoto Imperial University ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto University

Tohoku Imperial University ⓘ
linked to: Tohoku University
era 20th-century philosophy ⓘ
familyName Nishida ⓘ
linked to: Nishida Kitaro
fieldOfWork comparative philosophy ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
founderOf Kyoto School ⓘ
givenName Kitaro ⓘ
influenced Hisamatsu Shinichi ⓘ
Kuki Shuzo ⓘ
Kyoto School ⓘ
Nishitani Keiji ⓘ
Tanabe Hajime ⓘ
influencedBy Dogen ⓘ
linked to: Dōgen

G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Henri Bergson ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana

William James ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Zen
knownFor concept of pure experience ⓘ
development of a philosophy of absolute nothingness ⓘ
synthesis of Western and Eastern philosophy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese ⓘ
mainInterest philosophy of experience ⓘ
synthesis of Western and Eastern thought ⓘ
movement Kyoto School ⓘ
name Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
notableIdea absolute nothingness ⓘ
logic of basho ⓘ
pure experience ⓘ
self-identity of absolute contradictions ⓘ
notableWork An Inquiry into the Good ⓘ
From That Which Acts to That Which Sees ⓘ
Intuition and Reflection in Self-Consciousness ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Kyoto School ⓘ
positionHeld professor of philosophy ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Zen

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Philosopher's Path → associatedWith → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
Path of Philosophy → namedAfter → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
Path of Philosophy → associatedWith → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
哲学の道 → namedAfter → 西田幾多郎 ⓘ
linked to: Nishida Kitaro
Nishida Kitaro → name → Nishida Kitaro ⓘ
Nishida Kitaro → familyName → Nishida ⓘ
linked to: Nishida Kitaro