抄録
Although absolute contradictory self-identity is
one of the most fundamental notions in the philosophy of Nishida, it is also notorious for its ambivalence. Actually, because Nishida uses this term in
different senses and in various applications, it appears
that it cannot avoid the charge of ambivalence.
However, this essay considers the possibility that
this very ambivalence can be taken as favorable. That
is, this essay suggests that fields which have tended
to be thought of as separate, actually overlap each
other.
This essay draws special attention to the fact that,
among the various aspects of absolute contradictory
self-identity which he formulates, Nishida develops
formulations in both the religious world and the historical world. In general, it is often assumed that the
religious world and the historical world are two completely different worlds; the former is assumed to be
completely transcendent from the latter. But Nishida's
notion of absolute contradictory self-identity can put
this assumption into question. This essay claims that
if one examines this notion carefully, then one will
find that its very ambivalence demonstrate that these
two worlds are intimately related and overlapping.
