复旦大学：《心灵哲学 Philosophy of Mind》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿）Lecture 14 New NISHIDA and consciousness

Nishida? s Notion of“ Basho” and Contemporary Theories of Consciousness YINJIN XU, FUDAN UNIVERSITY, CHINA JUNE10, TSC, SAN DIEGO, CA

YINJIN XU, FUDAN UNIVERSITY, CHINA JUNE10TH , TSC, SAN DIEGO, CA Nishida’s Notion of “Basho” and Contemporary Theories of Consciousness

MY PHILOSOPHICAL INTERESTS x 1. Philosophy ofAl x 2. Epistemology, x 3. Wittgenstein x 4. Japanese philosophy

MY PHILOSOPHICAL INTERESTS  1. Philosophy of AI;  2. Epistemology;  3. Wittgenstein;  4. Japanese philosophy

FUDAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

FUDAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

BASIC METAPHILOSPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS x According to methodological naturalism, philosophers are just doing speculative conjectures about what the world(consciousness included S without/ largely appealing to empirical methods. Hence, philosophers and scientists are sharing the same explananda with scientists

BASIC METAPHILOSPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS According to methodological naturalism, philosophers are just doing speculative conjectures about what the world (consciousness included) is without largely appealing to empirical methods. Hence, philosophers and scientists are sharing the same explananda with scientists

HENCE phy x Philosophy has a special value for providing a large pool of candidate high-level hypotheses for scientists x To philosophize is cheaper than doing science, and this can explain why there are so many philosophical positions available in the market

HENCE Philosophy has a special value for providing a large pool of candidate high-level hypotheses for scientists. To philosophize is cheaper than doing science, and this can explain why there are so many philosophical positions available in the market

WHAT A NATURALIST CQULR DO *To fill the gap between Nishidas philosophy and certain scientific theories consciousness in order to make methodological naturalism more convincing

WHAT A NATURALIST COULD DO To fill the gap between Nishida’s philosophy and certain scientific theories consciousness in order to make methodological naturalism more convincing

THE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR BOTH SIDES x 1. For philosophy, to be naturalized usually means to be rendered more understandable to scientific community x2. For people doing empirical studies, to get their study to be under the e light of philosophy usually means to have a chance to visualize more possible ways to figure out new hypotheses x It can also make science more understandable to people in the area of humanity

THE MUTUAL BENEFITS FOR BOTH SIDES: 1. For philosophy, to be naturalized usually means to be rendered more understandable to scientific community. 2. For people doing empirical studies, to get their study to be under the light of philosophy usually means to have a chance to visualize more possible ways to figure out new hypotheses. It can also make science more understandable to people in the area of humanity

WHQ IS NISHIDA KITARO(西田幾多郎) Nishida Kitaro(1870-1945) was the most significant and influential Japanese philosopher of the twentieth-century who infused Anglo-European philosophy with Asian sources of thought 四多低配年2月

WHO IS NISHIDA KITARŌ (西田 幾多郎)?  Nishida Kitarō(1870-1945) was the most significant and influential Japanese philosopher of the twentieth-century who infused Anglo-European philosophy with Asian sources of thought

THE EVOLUTION QF NISHIRA'S THOUGHT STARTING FROM PSYCHOLOGY, 1911-1915 K|TAR○ NISHIDA x William James AN INQUIRY x Wilhelm Wundt NTO THE G○○D x Key idea: x Pure Experience x a mental state which is so fundamental that any subject-object dichotomy cannot be found there

THE EVOLUTION OF NISHIDA’S THOUGHT: STARTING FROM PSYCHOLOGY, 1911-1915  William James  Wilhelm Wundt  Key idea:  Pure Experience  A mental state which is so fundamental that any subject-object dichotomy cannot be found there

THE EVOLUTION OF NISHIRAS THOUGHT TURN TO VOLUNTARISM, 1917 x Intuition and Reflection in Self-Awareness 田数多邮著 x Key term x Absolute will 岩泼者店行 x Fichte x Schopenhauer 自觉忆於计石直釵七反省 两田幾多郎

THE EVOLUTION OF NISHIDA’S THOUGHT: TURN TO VOLUNTARISM, 1917  Intuition and Reflection in Self-Awareness  Key term:  Absolute Will  Fichte  Schopenhauer