Cuatro Estudios sobre noema y noesis en la Filosofía Nishidiana (1925-1935)

Four Studies on the Use of Noema and Noesis in Nishida Philosophy (1925-1935)

Abstract

Each of the texts (published in 1935, 1972, 1987 and 1998) that are the basis for this article presents Nishida’s philosophical viewpoint in the middle period of his thought (1925-1935), as well as its relation to phenomenology, on the basis of concepts such as noema, noesis, consciousness, self-perception and absolute Nothingness. Koyama’s points out contrasting viewpoints in Nishida concerning the character of consciousness and of intentionality; Takizawa presents a linguistic analysis of Nishida’s use of ‘noema’ and ‘noesis’, and emphasizes their importance for our understanding of Nishida’s thought; in contrast, Sueki considers that universals are the point of entry to the analysis of self-perception in Nishida; and we find in Nitta a creative approach that endeavors to ascend from the bottom of ‘noesis’ up to the self-perceiving self-determination of absolute Nothingness.

Keywords: Noema, noesis, phenomenology, self-perception, absolute Nothingness, Nishida philosophy