| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| Graduate School | Philosophy |
| Department | Philosophy |
Career
| March 1989: | M. A. in Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2006: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Area
1) History of continental early modern philosophy
Studies on the history of continental modern philosophy (e.g., Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, and Leibniz) from the point of view of the formation of metaphysics. Now, I am one of the editors of the Complete Works of Spinoza (2022~).
2) French contemporary philosophy
Studies on the French contemporary philosophy (e.g., Gilles Deleuze, Deleuze & Guattari, and Michel Henry) from the point of view of the “Philosophy of Difference” or “Philosophy of immanence.”
3) Modern Japanese Philosophy
Studies on modern Japanese Philosophy from the point of view “Tokyo School” on the basis of documents about “Tetsugaku-kai,” the first philosophical association in Japan.
4) Philosophy of non-humanism
Construction of my proper philosophical position called “non-humanism,” which does not pose human being at the center of the universe and permits it to become something else, against a background of genetic engineering or AI progress, etc.
