Keiji Nishitani is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Keiji Nishitani as Japanese philosopher (1900–1990).
Keiji Nishitani was born at Ishikawa Prefecture in 1900. His recorded nationality is Japan. He studied at Kyoto University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century philosophy split into traditions that largely stopped reading one another.
His academic posts were held at Kyoto University and Ōtani University.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
The honours record reads: Goethe Medal (1972).
That the work was done from Japan matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Keiji Nishitani died in 1990, aged 90. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Goethe Medal — 1972
- Held posts at Kyoto University and Ōtani University
