ABSTRACT

Applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitaro to the philosophical problem of personal identity, probing the applicability of the concept of non-self to the philosophical problems of selfhood, otherness, and temporality which culminate in the conundrum of personal identity.

part |33 pages

Personal Identity Revisited

chapter 1|31 pages

The Problem of Personal Identity

part |167 pages

Zen Buddhism and Phenomenology on Self-Awareness

chapter 2|46 pages

Selfhood

chapter 3|41 pages

Otherness

chapter 4|40 pages

Continuity of Experience

chapter 5|38 pages

Temporality

part |59 pages

Zen Conceptions of Identity

chapter 6|30 pages

A Zen Phenomenology of Experience

chapter 7|27 pages

Personhood as Presencing