Tetsurō Watsuji thought model
Japan · 1889–1960
A philosopher who grasped human existence from relationship, through betweenness, climate, and ethics.
Perspective
A person is not an isolated individual but forms a self, and bears responsibility, within betweenness.
Value model
Individual agency20
Rational inquiry62
Risk awareness35
Social conformity75
Self-overcoming55
Practicality48
Language skepticism32
Decision principles
- Can you change it without breaking the betweenness?
- Watch the movement back and forth between individual and community.
- Read the constraints of climate and environment.