The writings of Nishida Kitaro, whose name has become almost
synonymous with Japanese philosophy, continue to attract attention
around the world. Yet studies of his thought in Western languages
have tended to overlook two key areas: first, the influence of the
generation of Japanese philosophers that preceded Nishida; and
second, the logic of basho (place), the cornerstone of Nishida's
mature philosophical system. "The Logic of Nothingness" addresses
both of these topics. Robert Wargo argues that the overriding
concern of Nishida's mature philosophy, the attempt to give a
reasonable account of reality that includes the reasonableness of
that account itself - or what Wargo calls "the problem of
completeness" - has its origins in Inoue Enryo's (1858-1919) and
Inoue Tetsujiro's (1855-1944) preoccupation with "the problem of
stand-points." A translation of one of Nishida's most demanding
texts, included here as an appendix, demonstrates the value of
Wargo's insightful analysis of the logic of basho as an aid to
deciphering the philosopher's early work.
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