Hitoshi Nagai

Hitoshi Nagai
Born (1951-11-10) November 10, 1951
Era 20th / 21st-century philosophy
Region Western & Eastern Philosophy
School Continental Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy,
Main interests
metaphysics, ethics
Notable ideas
solipsity, solipsistic I!

Hitoshi Nagai (永井 均 Nagai Hitoshi, born November 10, 1951) is one of the most influential Japanese philosophers,[1] who teaches philosophy at Nihon University.[2] His main research fields are metaphysics and metaethics.[3] His books include "Philosophy for Kids!" and "A Transfer Student and Black Jack: A Seminar on Solipsity," which interpret solipsism from a unique metaphysical point of view. Nagai's philosophy has been heavily influenced by Wittgenstein, however, his philosophy successfully elucidates an important aspect of solipsism which Wittgenstein could not fully expressed in his philosophical works. Nagai stresses that the solipsistic subject (such as "I!") can be pointed to by using the public language, but the trial of this pointing ought to be failed every time because of the unique function of our public language. He calls this characteristic "solipsity".[4]

Books (Japanese, incomplete)

Selected English papers

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References

  1. Mamoru Katsumori mentions Nagai as one of the four distinguished contemporary philosophers in Japan 現代日本哲学への問い
  2. Nagai's profile page at Nihon University
  3. See Special Issue on Hitoshi Nagai's philosophy in the journal Tetsugaku
  4. "Philosophy for Kids!"

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