Beyond Personal Identity: Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self Routledge Studies in Asian Religion

Author	Gereon Kopf
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780700712175
Publisher	RoutledgeCurzon
Manufacturer	Routledgecurzon

This essay discusses the philosophical relevance of the Zen notion of no-self and how it relates to the problem of personal identity. Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitar are used to explore this relationship.

In order to elucidate the philosophical relevance of the Zen notion of no-self, this text applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitar to the philosophical problem of personal identity.