Kyoto School

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c. 1911 – 1990 · Asia · origin: Kyoto University

Japanese philosophers join Western thought with the Buddhist idea of "nothingness"

Key ideas

"Pure experience" before the split into subject and object (Nishida)
Absolute nothingness as the ground of being
A dialogue between Hegel, Heidegger and Zen
The first major school of modern Japanese philosophy

Key thinkers

Kitaro Nishida (founder) — Japanese philosopher, founder of the Kyoto School, 1870–1945

Grew out of

Chan and Zen c. since 500 · Asia
German idealism c. 1781 – 1850 · Europe

Meanwhile elsewhere

Kalam Middle East
Utilitarianism Europe
Russian religious philosophy Eastern Europe & Russia
Existentialism Europe
Marxism Europe
Pragmatism Americas
Russian cosmism Eastern Europe & Russia
Phenomenology Europe
Analytic philosophy Europe
Structuralism Europe
Logical positivism Europe
Négritude Africa
Postmodern philosophy Europe

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