Prof. Martha C. Nussbaum will donate a portion of her 2016 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy to the University of Chicago Law School and the Department of Philosophy to create a financial award ...

Kyoto University is one of the most accomplished research-oriented universities in Asia. This is due to a unique approach to education and research, which encourages the creativity and dialogue ...

TOKYO -- A California-based computer scientist, a philosophy professor and a molecular biologist each received $500,000 at an awards ceremony Monday for this year's Kyoto Prizes for achievement in ...

At the November event in Kyoto, she also will lead workshops aimed at university, high school and elementary school students—an opportunity that Nussbaum said she is happily anticipating. Nussbaum, ...

The event was held on the Kyoto campus on Oct. 24 and co-hosted by the university’s Unit of Kyoto Initiatives for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Center for Applied Philosophy and Ethics.

Takao Hirajima, executive vice-president of Kyoto University, is seen during a press conference regarding the school's cancellation of a doctoral degree, at the university campus in Kyoto's Sakyo ...

Two professors are among the three winners of the 2007 Kyoto Prizes, which were announced today by the Inamori Foundation, in Japan. The annual prizes, which include a cash award of about $410,000 ...

Chris Harding discusses the Kyoto School and its legacy with James Heisig, Professor Emeritus at Nanzan University, Graham Parkes, Professorial Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of ...

Chris Harding investigates the flourishing of Japanese philosophy in the 1930s and beyond ...

North end of the Philosopher’s Walk: 5 minutes on foot from the Ginkakuji-michi bus stop on the No. 51 Kyoto City Bus Route for city buses 17, 102 or 203, departing from Keihin Dentetsu ...

James Heisig's 'Much Ado About Nothingness' strives to link the philosophies of Kirato Nishida and Hajime Tanabe with broader intellectual and artistic themes.