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Urai, Satoshi
The HAKUBI Center for Advanced Research Program-Specific Assistant Professor
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Last Updated :2025/12/18
Basic Information
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Email Address
urai.satoshi.4v
kyoto-u.ac.jp
Professional Memberships
- The Philosophical Association of Japan
- European Network of Japanese Philosophy
- Society for Philosophy of Religion in Japan
- Japanese Association for Religious Studies
- The United Association of Shin Buddhist Studies
- Nishida Philosophy Association
- Tanabe Hajime Memorial Philosophy Association: Kyūshinkai
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Research History
- From Sep. 2025, To PresentTallinn University, School of Humanities, Visiting Research Fellow
- From Apr. 2025, To PresentKyoto University, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Assistant Professor
- From Nov. 2024, To Mar. 2025The University of British Columbia, Department of Philosophy, Postdoctoral Fellow
- From Apr. 2022, To Mar. 2025Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Fellow
- From Mar. 2024, To Jul. 2024Tallinn University, School of Humanities, Visiting Scholar
- From Sep. 2023, To Mar. 2024University of Copenhagen, Center for Subjectivity Research, Visitor
- From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2022Otani University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Shin Buddhist Studies, Assistant Professor (non-tenured)
- From Sep. 2018, To Mar. 2022Osaka National Hospital Nursing School, Part-time Lecturer
- From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2021The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Temporary Researcher
- From Oct. 2015, To Mar. 2016Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Tutor for Foreign Student
- From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Teaching Assistant
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Last Updated :2025/12/18
Research
Research Interests
- Japanese Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Social Ontology
- Enactive Approach
- Kyoto School
- Pure Land Buddhism
- Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962)
- Nishida Kitarō (1870-1945)
- Takeuchi Yoshinori (1913-2002)
- Shinran (1173-1263)
- D. T. Suzuki (1870-1966)
- Kiyozawa Manshi (1863-1903)
- Soga Ryōjin (1875-1971)
Research Areas
- Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy and ethics, Japanese Philosophy/ Philosophy of Religion/ Philosophy of Society
Papers
- Revisiting Tanabe’s Critique of Nishida: Infinity and ContradictionMiikael-Aadam Lotman; Satoshi UraiEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed
- Shinran’s Concept of Jinen Hōni (Naturalness) from the Viewpoint of Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiThe Eastern Buddhist. Third series, Jul. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
- L’ontologie sociale de Tanabe Hajime: De la « logique de l’espèce » à la « logique de l’Amour »Satoshi UraiLes Cahiers philosophiques de Strasbourg, May 2023, Peer-reviewed
- Tanabe Hajime’s Social Ontology: From the “Logic of Species” to the “Logic of Love”Satoshi UraiKyushin, Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed
- The "Reality" of the Pure Land: According to Tanabe Hajime and Takeuchi YoshinoriSatoshi UraiThe Otani Journal of Shin Buddhism, Mar. 2022, Invited
- Takeuchi Yoshinori on Transcendence: The Background of the Concept of "Ad-vening Pure Land"Satoshi UraiJournal of Shinshu Studies, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited
- [Doctoral Dissertation] Tanabe Hajime's Philosophy of Religion: Mediating Ethics and ReligionSatoshi UraiKyoto University, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed
- Faith and Knowledge in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Dec. 2020, Peer-reviewed
- The Development of Absolute Nothingness in the Philosophy of Tanabe HajimeSatoshi UraiKyushin, Mar. 2020, Invited
- The Nature of Praxis of Individuals in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiStudies in the Philosophy of Religion, Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed
- “Death” for the Sake of Someone Else: Resurrection in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiThe Nishida Philosophy Association Annual Report, Jul. 2019, Peer-reviewed
- The “True Individual” in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of Religion: The Structure of Salvation in Social OntologySatoshi UraiStudies in the Philosophy of Religion, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed
- Existential Communion in Tanabe Hajime's Philosophy of Religion: From the "Logic of Species" to the "Logic of Love"Satoshi UraiThe Annual Report on Philosophy of Religion, Dec. 2018, Peer-reviewed
- Salvation without Religious Faith?:Absolute Mediation of Salvation in Tanabe Hajime's Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiJournal of Religious Studies, May 2018, Peer-reviewed
- The Contradiction Between ‘Future Buddhahood’ and ‘All Sentient Beings contain Buddhahood’: The Temporal Structure of Salvation in ShinranSatoshi UraiThe Takada Journal of Shin Buddhism, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Invited
- The Perspective of Takeuchi Yoshinori's Research on Shinran : The Logic of KyōgyōshinshōSatoshi UraiJournal of Shinshu Studies, Jan. 2018, Peer-reviewed
- The Varieties of Nothingness-sive-being and Being-sive-nothingness in Tanabe Hajime's Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiThe Annual Report on Philosophy of Religion, Dec. 2016, Peer-reviewed
- An Essay on the Actualization of Shinran’s Concept of Gensō Ekō: From the Viewpoint of InterpenetrationSatoshi UraiThe Takada Journal of Shin Buddhism, Mar. 2014, Peer-reviewed
Misc.
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime: “The Logic of Social-Being: An Essay in Philosophical Sociology” (§1–4)Satoshi Urai; Sova P. K. CerdaEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Nov. 2025, Peer-reviewed
- [Reprint] Four Materials Not Included in the Complete Works of Tanabe HajimeSatoshi UraiKyūshin, Aug. 2024
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime: “Clarifying the Meaning of the Logic of Species”Satoshi Urai; Sova P. K. CerdaEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime: “The Problem of the Subject of Knowledge”Morten E. Jelby; Satoshi UraiEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Nov. 2023, Peer-reviewed
- On the Status of the Pure Land: From the Viewpoint of the Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiKyūshin, Aug. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited
- [Translation] Hajime Tanabe : « Sur la théorie de la liberté de Kant (1918) »Quentin Blaevoet; Satoshi UraiLes Cahiers philosophiques de Strasbourg, May 2023, Peer-reviewed
- [Translation] Hajime Tanabe : « Du jugement thétique (1910) »Morten E. Jelby; Quentin Blaevoet; Satoshi UraiLes Cahiers philosophiques de Strasbourg, May 2023, Peer-reviewed
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime: “The Third Stage of Ontology”Satoshi Urai; Sova P. K. CerdaEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Oct. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime: “On ‘Consciousness in General’”Morten E. Jelby; Satoshi UraiEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Oct. 2022, Peer-reviewed
- [Translation] Kiyozawa Manshi: “The Skeleton of a Philosophy of Other-Power: A Draft”Dennis Prooi; Satoshi UraiEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Oct. 2022, Peer-reviewed
- The Question of Pure LandSatoshi UraiThe Kibe Journal of Shin Buddhism, May 2022, Invited
- Otani University in the History of the Kyoto SchoolSatoshi UraiKōru, Mar. 2022
- Can We "Understand" Cultural Diversity?: From the Perspective of Tanabe Hajime's "Logic of Species"Satoshi UraiKōru, Mar. 2022
- Narrative and Communal SocietySatoshi UraiCrisis of Mind and Clinical Knowledge, Mar. 2022, Invited
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime : “Where self‐evidence resides”Morten E. Jelby; URAI SatoshiThe Journal of East Asian Philosophy, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed
- [Translation] Tanabe Hajime: “On Thetic Judgment”Morten E. Jelby; Satoshi Urai; Quentin BlaevoetEuropean Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Dec. 2021, Peer-reviewed
- Book Review of "The Nishida Philosophy Association Annual Report" 17th VolumeSatoshi UraiThe Nishida Philosophy Association Annual Report, Aug. 2021, Invited
- Japanese Thought and "Japanese Philosophy" in Light of Recent International Trends in the Study of Japanese PhilosophySatoshi UraiKōru, Mar. 2021
- Salvation in a Society: According to Tanabe HajimeSatoshi UraiKōru, Mar. 2020
- [Japanese Translation] William James "Philosophical Concepts and Practical Effects"Ken Hayashi; Kōhei Takahara; Yōsuke Nakajima; Aisha Taniguchi; Satoshi Urai; Shūsuke Yamane; Terumasa ŌkusaThe Philosophical Studies of Otani University, Mar. 2013
Presentations
- What is Religion?: An Approach from the Kyoto SchoolSatoshi UraiHakubi Seminar No.271, 08 Jul. 2025
- An Alternative Absolute Nothingness: Tanabe's Efforts in Hegel’s Philosophy and DialecticDennis Prooi; Satoshi UraiThe 8th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy, 29 Jun. 2025
- Dialectic in Early Tanabe HajimeSatoshi UraiTanabe Hajime Symposium (The 24th Meeting of Kyūshinkai), 27 Jun. 2025
- From Consciousness in General to Absolute Nothingness: The Dialectical Turn of Tanabe's PhilosophySatoshi UraiThe 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Philosophy of Religion, 22 Mar. 2025
- Translating Nishida's The Issue of ConsciousnessSatoshi Urai; Dennis ProoiWorkshop on Translation in Japanese Philosophy, 10 Sep. 2024, Invited
- Nishida Kitaro’s Logic of Place and Tanabe Hajime’s Logic of Species as Theories of KnowledgeSatoshi UraiThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Departmental Seminar, 09 Sep. 2024, Invited
- Pure Experience Revisited: Where Nishida and Tanabe Missed Each Other?Satoshi Urai; Miikael-Aadam LotmanThe 11th international conference of Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary, 03 Sep. 2024
- The Logic of Species as a Theory of KnowledgeSatoshi UraiThe 140th Anniversary Symposium of Tanabe Hajime's Birth, 29 Aug. 2024
- What Nishida Philosophy Should Be: Tanabe Hajime’s Challenges in his Early WorksSatoshi UraiThe 22nd Annual Meeting of the Nishida Philosophy Association, 28 Jul. 2024
- Dialectic and Contradiction in the Kyoto School: the Case of Nishida Kitarō and Tanabe HajimeMiikael-Aadam Lotman; Satoshi Urai5th Hegel en Perspectiva Conference, 06 Jun. 2024
- The Possibility of the Kyoto School Based on the Philosophy of Tanabe HajimeSatoshi UraiThe 40th Nishida-Tanabe Memorial Lecture, 01 Jun. 2024, Invited
- Tanabe Hajime’s Social Ontology as a Phenomenology of Social RealitySatoshi UraiLa phénoménologie et “l’oubli du Japon”: Rôle et signification du “Japon” dans la phénoménologie au XXIe siècle, 25 Mar. 2024, Invited
- The “Kenosis” of Amida Buddha in Modern Shin Buddhism: Kiyozawa Manshi and Soga RyōjinSatoshi UraiKenosis and its Ethics in a Contemporary and Intercultural Perspective, 08 Feb. 2024, Invited
- The Problem of Sachlichkeit in Tanabe Hajime’s MetanoeticsSatoshi UraiEuropean Network of Japanese Philosophy 7th Annual Conference, 08 Sep. 2023
- Subjectifying Society: An Enactive Approach to Coexistence in Tanabe Hajime’s Social OntologySatoshi UraiThe 6th Annual Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy, 17 Aug. 2023
- Tanabe Hajime’s “Soku” (即)Satoshi Urai5th Asian Philosophical Texts Conference, 01 Jul. 2023
- The Parting of Ways: Nishida Kitarō and Tanabe Hajime on Ethics and ReligionSatoshi URAIThe Second Conference of the Nihon Tetsugaku Consortium, 18 Mar. 2023
- De la « logique de l'espèce » à la « logique de l'Amour »Satoshi URAILa dynamique actuelle des recherches sur la philosophie de Tanabe, 09 Mar. 2023, INALCO
- Mediation and Absolute Mediation in the Philosophy of Tanabe HajimeURAI Satoshi6th Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy, 04 Feb. 2022
- Otani University in the History of the Kyoto SchoolSatoshi Urai令和三年度 真仏交流会（大谷大学）, 12 Jan. 2022
- Ethics and Logic: The Significance of Rationalization in the “Logic of Species”Satoshi UraiSymposium Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Death of Tanabe Hajime, 05 Sep. 2021, Invited
- Mediation in Tanabe Hajime: Society and SyllogismSatoshi Urai16th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, 25 Aug. 2021
- Takeuchi Yoshinori on TranscendenceSatoshi UraiThe 67th Annual Meeting of the United Association of Shin Buddhism, 04 Jun. 2021
- Narrative and Communal SocietySatoshi UraiThe Second Kuki Shuzo Memorial Lecture, 04 Mar. 2021, Invited
- The “Reality” of the Pure Land: From the Viewpoint of Tanabe Hajime’s and Takeuchi Yoshinori’s Social OntologiesSatoshi UraiInternational Symposium for the Influence of Buddhism and Western Philosophy in the Modernization of East Asia: Testimonies of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Thinkers, 20 Feb. 2021
- 日本思想とJapanese Philosophy ─近年の日本哲学研究の国際的動向を踏まえて─浦井 聡令和二年度 真仏交流会（大谷大学）, 10 Dec. 2020
- 社会のなかでの救い―田辺元を手がかりに―浦井 聡令和元年度 真仏交流会（大谷大学）, 14 Jan. 2020
- The Relationship between Faith, Reason, and Knowledge in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionURAI SatoshiInternational Association for Japanese Philosophy 4th Annual Conference, 12 Oct. 2019
- The Development of Absolute Nothingness in Tanabe’s PhilosophySatoshi UraiThe 21st Meeting of Kyūshinkai, 06 Sep. 2019, Invited
- Faith in Nothingness: The Absolute in Tanabe Hajime's Philosophy of ReligionURAI Satoshi5th Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy, 30 Aug. 2019
- On Shinran’s Concept of Jinen-hōni (Naturalness): From the Viewpoint of Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiThe 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Philosophy of Religion, 23 Mar. 2019
- The Property of Sin in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiThe 77th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Religious Studies, 08 Sep. 2018
- “Death” for the Sake of Someone Else: Resurrection in Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophy of ReligionSatoshi UraiThe 16th Annual Meeting of the Nishida Philosophy Association, 22 Jul. 2018
- Takeuchi Yoshinori’s Approach to Shinran: The Logic of KyōgyōshinshōSatoshi UraiThe 64th Annual Meeting of the United Association of Shin Buddhism, 10 Jun. 2017
- Tanabe Hajime’s Interpretation of Shinran’s Concept of Gensō EkōSatoshi UraiThe 75th Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Religious Studies, 10 Sep. 2016
- 親鸞浄土教における往還二回向についての一考察―｢自然｣の観点から―浦井 聡真宗高田派 平成二十六年度興学布教研究大会, 29 Apr. 2014, Invited
Books and Other Publications
- Reviving Tanabe's Philosophy: Essays Commemorating the 140th Anniversary of Tanabe Hajime's BirthSatoshi Urai, Contributor, Consciousness in General in “the Metaphysics of the I” of Tanabe Hajime’s Early PeriodHosei University Press, Dec. 2025
- Kenosis and Its Power: The Kyoto School, Contemporary Philosophy, Political TheologySatoshi Urai, Contributor, The Kenosis of the Rational: Tanabe Hajime’s Philosophical Failure and the Violent Implications of Human Rationality (pp. 91-110)Pickwick Publications, Oct. 2025
- Tanabe Hajime: Philosophy, Social Reality, SalvationSatoshi Urai, Single workKyoto University Press, Mar. 2024
- The Age of Crisis and Tanabe’s Philosophy: Essays Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Tanabe Hajime’s DeathSatoshi Urai, Contributor, Ethics and Logic: The Structure and Significance of Rationalization in the Logic of Species" (pp.137-158)Hosei University Press, Nov. 2022
- Complete Works of Kiyozawa Manshi: Supplement IIOtani University, Compilation, Reprinting and FootnoteIwanami Shoten, Mar. 2021
- Vortex of Symbols: The Dynamism of Tanabe’s PhilosophySatoshi Urai, Contributor, [Reprinting] Tanabe Hajime: “My View on the Philosophy of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō” (pp.323-332)/ The List of References on Tanabe Hajime 2009-2020 (pp.337-356)Koyo Shobo, Feb. 2021
- Complete Works of Kiyozawa Manshi: Supplement IOtani University, Compilation, Reprinting and FootnoteIwanami Shoten, Mar. 2020
Awards
- 11 Dec. 2024Tanabe Hajime Award (Tanabe Hajime Memorial Philosophy Association: Kyūshinkai)
- 14 Jun. 2023Publication Grants for Excellent Dissertation (Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)
- 08 Jun. 2018The 49th Kibe Award (The United Association of Shin Buddhist Studies)
External funds: Kakenhi
- Tanabe Hajime's Philosophical Development between the Middle- and Late- Period: Based on the Exchanges with Takeuchi YoshinoriGrant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up0101:Philosophy, art, and related fieldsOtani UniversitySatoshi URAIFrom 30 Aug. 2019, To 31 Mar. 2022, Project Closed田辺元;種の論理;懺悔道;社会存在論;武内義範;将来する浄土
- 京都学派における論理の総合的研究と国際的研究基盤の構築Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Basic Section 01040:History of thought-relatedKyoto University浦井 聡From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2030, Granted京都学派;論理;西田幾多郎;田辺元;西谷啓治
- 京都学派による現象学拡張の解明──社会存在論の観点からGrant-in-Aid for JSPS FellowsBasic Section 01010:Philosophy and ethics-relatedHokkaido University浦井 聡From 08 Mar. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted京都学派;社会存在論;田辺元;エナクティヴィズム;現象学;即
- 京都学派社会存在論の包括的解明と国際的研究基盤の形成Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsBasic Section 01010:Philosophy and ethics-relatedHokkaido University浦井 聡From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted京都学派;社会存在論;田辺元;西田幾多郎;務台理作
