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At the end of a famous essay devoted to “The World of Physics” (1944), the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitarō quotes a Zen saying in which the monk Egen states: “Here, at Egen’s home, there is neither life nor death.” It is clear from the context that Egen’s home is Nishida’s home, the place that Nishida had set up step by step throughout his philosophical career. At the same time, it is also the place where the encounter between Nishida’s philosophy and contemporary mathematics and physics would take place. But on what terms can such an inevitable encounter take place? What are the laws that govern hospitality in Egen’s home? From here, I would like to elucidate the relationship between Nishida’s philosophy, religion, and contemporary physics, trying to place the question within the contemporary debate on the Kyoto School and Japanese philosophy.

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Encounter at Egen’s Home. On the Necessity of Dialogue Between Science and Religion in Nishida Kitarō’s Philosophy

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    2026年

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  • Enrico Fongaro

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At the end of a famous essay devoted to “The World of Physics” (1944), the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitarō quotes a Zen saying in which the monk Egen states: “Here, at Egen’s home, there is neither life nor death.” It is clear from the context that Egen’s home is Nishida’s home, the place that Nishida had set up step by step throughout his philosophical career. At the same time, it is also the place where the encounter between Nishida’s philosophy and contemporary mathematics and physics would take place. But on what terms can such an inevitable encounter take place? What are the laws that govern hospitality in Egen’s home? From here, I would like to elucidate the relationship between Nishida’s philosophy, religion, and contemporary physics, trying to place the question within the contemporary debate on the Kyoto School and Japanese philosophy.