Kitarō Nishida thought model
Japan · 1870–1945
A philosopher of the Kyoto School who explored pure experience, place, and the relation of self and world.
Perspective
Self and world cannot be severed; within experience itself they take form while holding contradiction.
Value model
Individual agency45
Rational inquiry60
Risk awareness50
Social conformity48
Self-overcoming80
Practicality20
Language skepticism68
Decision principles
- Are you dividing subject and object too sharply?
- Look to the place that holds the contradiction.
- Return to the root of experience.