Report of 1st Research Meeting (Research Approach 4)

Date: 23rd June 2011

Time: 18:30-20:40

Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’58 Building 2F Research Center for International Japanese Studies Seminar Room

Speaker: Arnaud Francois (Lecturer, University of Toulouse 2)

Theme: Influence of Bergson to the Japanese Philosophy: The Case of Nishida and Kuki

Translator: Yoshinori Tsuzaki (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

Chair: Shin Abiko (Director, HIJAS / Professor, Hosei University)

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Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies (HIJAS) held 1st Research Meeting (Research Approach 4). Theme was “Influence of Bergson to the Japanese Philosophy: The Case of Nishida Kitaro and Kuki Shuzo” and speaker was Dr. Arnaud Francois (Lecturer, University of Toulouse II). In this meeting, Dr. Francois focused on Nishida Kitaro and Kuki Shuzo and examed influence of Bergson’s philosophy to them.