Born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1957. Completed the master’s program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. After serving as an associate professor at Kyoto Seika University, professor at Wako University, and professor at Tokyo Medical University (Department of Philosophy), he is now in his current position. He is an editorial committee member for the elementary school language textbook “Hirogaru Kotoba (Spreading Words)” by Kyoiku Shuppan Publishing. On NHK Educational TV’s “100 Minutes de Meicho” series, he was responsible for episodes on Nietzsche, Rousseau, and Kant.
Ken Nishi
Professor
- Phenomenology: refining Husserlian phenomenology as a “method of philosophical dialogue and human science”
- Social Philosophy: revitalizing the social philosophy of Rousseau, Hegel, and others as a “philosophy of free society” in a modern way
- Philosophical Anthropology: constructing a “philosophical human theory for support”
- Modern Philosophy, Capitalism, the Future of Human Existence
Adjunct Professor, Tokyo Medical University
Adjunct Professor, Toyohashi University of Technology
