<Articles>The Kyoto School's Dojo of Philosophy (The 6th International Symposium between the Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University (Japan), and the Institute of Education, University of London (UK))

Abstract

During an internet search a year ago I was surprised to learn of a new anthology entitled Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy. I really should not have been surprised, because after all the Kyoto School philosophers were educators, almost all of them university professors, mostly at Kyoto University. Later in the fall, when I perused titles in the philosophy section of major book stores in Tokyo and Kyoto, I found an abundance of books on Nishida Kitarō and the Kyoto School, ranging from detailed analyses of Nishida's works to political critiques and even a wide-ranging exploration of the Kyoto School and ecology. Given the scope of trends in academic publishing today, one might expect to see topics of this sort treated from various points of view. But the seemingly obvious theme of education was missing among the numerous books in Japanese, and so it is all the more significant that the editors of this anthology in English recognized the relevance of the Kyoto School for education.