《Problem of Chance》 - Problem of Chance

…He had already published many papers while in Europe, but after returning to Japan, he published “The Structure of Iki” (1930), which used Heidegger’s phenomenological and hermeneutical methods to interpret Japanese culture, opening up new horizons in Japanese philosophy. He also explored the problematic nature of existential philosophy (the translation “existence” originated with him), focusing on the problem of “contingency,” and wrote “The Problem of Contingency” (1935), questioning the fundamental meaning of world understanding and practical action. He explored the central issues of modern philosophy, but died of illness in the middle of his research. [Ikuo Arakawa] …

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…すでに在欧中に多くの論文を発表していたが，帰国後，ハイデッガーの現象学的･解釈学的方法を日本文化の解釈に用いた《｀いき’の構造》(1930)を発表，日本の哲学に新生面をひらいた。また実存哲学(〈実存〉という訳語は彼にはじまる)のはらむ問題性を〈偶然性〉の問題を中心に追求し，世界理解と実践的行為の根源的意味を問うて《偶然性の問題》(1935)を著すなど，現代哲学の中心的課題を探求したが，研究の中途で病没した。【荒川 幾男】。…

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