Preface
Roger T. AMES and Masato ISHIDA

Papers by Institute Faculty

1. From Flowers to Grass, From Grass to Wind: An Introduction to Japanese Aesthetics
Yasuo KOBAYASHI

2. Establishing an Interpretive Context for Classical Confucian and Daoist Discourses
Roger T. AMES

3. Nishida Kitarō’s Inquiry into the Good: The Fountainhead of Modern Japanese Philosophy
Masato ISHIDA

4. Perspectives on the Concept of "Person" in Chinese Philosophy
Takahiro NAKAJIMA

5. Comparative Philosophy on the Concept of “Person”: Medical Theory and Practice of Europe and Asia
Shinji KAJITANI

Papers by Participants

1. The Value of Comparative Philosophy: Arguments from the Zhuangzi
Rika DUNLAP

2. Motives for Philosophy: Examination of the First Works of Nishida Kitarō and Miki Kiyoshi
Wakako GODO

3. The Body and Human Nature: A Comparative Philosophical Inquiry
Joseph HARROFF

4. Confucianism and the Art of Archery: The She Yi’s Two Accounts of the Archery Ritual
Nicholas HUDSON

5. An Introduction into a New Global Philosophy Approach
Matthew A. IZOR

6. Nishida as a Conceptualist
Kazuya KAWASE

7. Contextualizing Knowledge and Happiness in the Zhuangzi
Kyungnam MOON

8. Vital Relationality: An Authentic Approach to Comparative Philosophy
Kyle PETERS

9. What We Talk about When We Talk about Chinese Philosophy: Integration of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism in Chinese Philosophy
Rui XUE

10. How Can We Construct Ethics with “Wang-ren (妄人)”?: Questioning from Okinawa
Sana SAKIHAMA

11. Beyond the Simple Subject: An Account of Atmospheric Knowing and Creativity
Ryan SHRIVER

12. Listening to the Particles: A Comparison Between Zhuangzi and Blanchot
Hanako TAKAYAMA

13. Comparative Philosophy and the Problematic of Interpretive Context
Miki TAMURA