Abstract
The Turn in Nishida's Philosophy of Others
Nishida's philosophy of others has been often criticized for identifying self with others. Especially, his
paper I and You has been. However, exactly in the
paper, Nishida's philosophy of others takes a 180 degree turn. It is, as it were, the turn from sympathetic identification to response relations with others.
Therefore, concerning after the paper, the criticisms
are beside the point, even though they are right to
the point before the paper. In this thesis, I make
clear the substance and tracks of the turn.
But, the criticisms seem to have the grounds even
in the paper. In fact, the paper has a lot of words
which suggest that he identifies self with others.
However, if you examine the true meaning of those
words faithfully, you find that they mean diverse
sides of response relations. In short, he finds immediate encounter with others not in the direction of
sympathy or empathy, but in the direction of birth
of Itself.
It is well-known that Nishida uses the concept of he. I prove that Nishida thinks the response relations between self and others can be realized only where they are open to him (a third party)
