研究実績の概要 |
My research temporarily left aside Kyoto School philosophers as such, in order to focus on the main figure that inspired them all: Dogen Kigen (1200-1253). Indeed, for who is concerned with a renewal of the notion of presence as inherited from western metaphysics, the great zen master is of incomparable help. The seminal notions of 現状 genjo (actualization) and 現前 genzen (manifestation) both related to the pivotal concept of 真如 (suchness, tathata) can indeed be read as a complete non-metaphysical conception of presence. This exploration of Dogen provides me most of the cultural and speculative elements, which were still missing in my reading of Nishitani, Nishida or Tanabe. In my attempt to promote a non-metaphysical comprehension of presence, I make a critical use of Buddhist conceptuality by correlating it with relevant notions inside the field of Western thought. Consequently, three major preliminary goals, on three sets of fundamental problems, have been reached this year, and these results have been exposed in international conferences: 1/ Presence and Principle ("A Principle of Emptiness? Breton, Eckhart and the Kyoto School", Boston College, United-States, January 2015); 2/ Presence and Phenomenon ("On Presence", King's University College, Canada, March 2015); 3/ Presence and Time ("On the Concept of a "Totality of Time": Plotinus, Heidegger, Dogen", Kwansei Gakuin, Japan, April 2015). In the meantime, I am writing a book on the notion of "Creation" as displayed in Western Medieval thought, from Augustine to Cusanus (Presses universitaires de France, 2015).
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