The Duality of Time in Eastern and Western Philosophy

Time as Kairos What is time? There are found in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD) there at least two meanings Continue reading →

On Infinity: The School of Names (名家) and Nicholas of Cusa

The School of Names is a group of philosophers in ancient China, who liked to discuss infinity and to enjoy Continue reading →

Mediating Suppression: At the Crossroads of Judaism, Marxism, Freudianism

The Systems of Judaism, Marxism, and Freudianism Structurally speaking, Judaism, Marxism, and Freudianism each constitute a thought system, and their Continue reading →

The Idea of Just Punishment in Buddhism and Utilitarianism

What is Justice?If we pay 1,000 yen and are given something worth 500 yen, we will complain, angry. If we Continue reading →

On Category: Socrates, Plato and Ryle vs. Gongsun Long and Darwin

What do we mean when we talk about categories? A category is a group of things that have common features; Continue reading →

Meta-Relativism 2: Asia’s Ancient Thinkers

In part 1, I dealt with relativism, agnosticism, and what I call meta-relativism, concerning thinkers mainly in ancient Greece and Continue reading →

Meta-Relativism 1: When East Meets West

Talking of relativism, one of the most famous ― or infamous ― philosophers we may immediately think of is Protagoras, Continue reading →