How Can I Be the "Absolute Otherness" for You?: Kimura Bin's Interpretation of Nishida Kitaro's I and You

TAKAYA, Shoko

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私と汝が「絶対の他」であるということ --木村敏は西田幾多郎の「私と汝」をどう読むか--
ワタクシトナンジガ「ゼッタイノタ」デアルトイウコト : キムラビンワニシダキタロウノ「ワタクシトナンジ」オドウヨムカ

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This paper explores the meaning of approaching and keeping a distance from the suffering of others by focusing on Kimura Bin's interpretation of the concept of "absolute otherness" of Nishida Kitaro. Kimura, a Japanese psychiatrist, started in the field of phenomenological mental pathology following Heidegger and Binswanger, and continued to create a new field of clinical philosophy with the keyword of "aida" [between], influenced by the philosophers of the Kyoto School, such as Nishida and Watsuji Tetsuro. His theory that mental illnesses are not abnormalities of individual psyches but events that happen only "between" person and person is seemingly against the fact that it is only patients that should be diagnosed and cured. This difficulty resonates with Nishida's "absolute otherness, " which means both distance and unity of "I and you." This paper examines Kimura's interpretation of "absolute otherness" in his theory of doctor, symptoms, and curing relationship, and his further exploration of "life" to clarify the multiple layers of relationships in what he means by "living."

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Kyoto University Research Studies in Education

Kyoto University Research Studies in Education 66 69-82, 2020-03-26

京都大学大学院教育学研究科

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