Professor
Takao Ito

Profile
Specialized Field | Philosophy/ethics, history of thought |
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Research theme | Modern German Thought, Social Contract Theory, and Spiritual and Cultural History |
Subjects in charge | Introduction to anthropology and ethics |
Seminar Theme | Read the Great Books (classics of humanity): Plato's "The Republic"; Descartes' "Discourse on the Method"; Kant's "Grounds of the Metaphysics of Morals"; Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Representation"; Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" etc. |
Main career, work history, and academic background | Kumamoto City |
Affiliated academic societies and organizations | Japan Philosophical Association, Existential Thought Association, Japan Intellectual History Association, Japan Schopenhauer Society, Japan Leibniz Society, Japan Kant Society, Japan Fichte Society, Japan Hegel Society, Japan Dewey Society, Japan Pestalozzi-Froebel Society, Japan Hermann Hesse Friendship Society, etc. |
Main Papers and Publications | "Schopenhauer: The Philosophy of Conspiracy Refusal - War, Law, and the State" (Koyoshobo, 2014) |
others | E-mail : itotakao@soka.ac.jp |
Specialized Field | philosophy |
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Research theme | The history of the influence of Kant's philosophy: 1) Metaphysics (Schopenhauer, etc.), 2) Ethics (Fichte, etc.), 3) Aesthetics (Schiller, etc.), 4) Anthropology (Pestalozzi, etc.) |
research content | In his graduation thesis, he dealt with Kant, and in his master's and doctoral thesis he dealt with Schopenhauer, one of Kant's critical successors. The fundamental theme was the theory of freedom, and in his doctoral thesis he attempted to reinterpret modern German philosophy, focusing on social historical issues such as law, the state, power, and war. Major works "Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Refusal to Conscription: War, Law, and the State" (Koyoshobo, 2014) Selected Papers "Fichte's Reception of Pestalozzi" (Proceedings of the Japan Pestalozzi-Froebel Society - Explorations of Human Education - No. 22, 2010) Main translation "The Complete Works of Hermann Hesse 4: Under the Wheel, Stories" (co-translated, Rinkawa Shoten, 2005) |
Research and Education Policy | I would like to conduct research into the social history of German humanism, taking into account Kant's critical successors, like Schopenhauer, such as Fichte, Schiller, and Herbart, and to explore the history of the reception of Kant's social philosophy, including among modern Japanese thinkers such as Uchimura Kanzō, Tomonaga Sanjūrō, and Minobe Tatsukichi. |
Message | I want you to value your own awareness of problems and intellectual interests in your research. As the etymology of philosophy suggests, it is an activity of "love of knowledge," so I want you to remember the joy of thoroughly exploring the things you want to know. |
others | We would like students to not only read books but also to actively discuss them both in and out of class. In addition, since we place importance on reading original texts in class, we would like students to study not only English but also modern Western languages such as German and French. |
Research theme | A study of the ideological history of Soka education |
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