Philosophers in the Water
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Book Introduction
"Philosophers in the Water" is a book that captures the "moment when philosophy begins" captured in everyday life by a young female philosopher.
The author, a scholar who studies philosophy and also an activist for philosophy dialogue who engages in "philosophical conversations" with various people in schools, companies, art galleries, cafes, and on the streets, proposes "palm-sized philosophy" that begins with trivial questions in everyday life.
A small philosophy that begins by questioning familiar daily life and the thoughts we take for granted, rather than a grand philosophy overflowing with difficult philosophical terms.
This book contains fascinating stories from philosophical conversations in which the author participated, as well as intimate reflections on the philosophical moments we encounter every day in our lives.
This book was selected as one of the 'Kinokuniya Humanities Award 2022 Humanities Books Best 30' in Japan.
The author, a scholar who studies philosophy and also an activist for philosophy dialogue who engages in "philosophical conversations" with various people in schools, companies, art galleries, cafes, and on the streets, proposes "palm-sized philosophy" that begins with trivial questions in everyday life.
A small philosophy that begins by questioning familiar daily life and the thoughts we take for granted, rather than a grand philosophy overflowing with difficult philosophical terms.
This book contains fascinating stories from philosophical conversations in which the author participated, as well as intimate reflections on the philosophical moments we encounter every day in our lives.
This book was selected as one of the 'Kinokuniya Humanities Award 2022 Humanities Books Best 30' in Japan.
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index
To begin with
1 Philosophers in the Water
Just a little more
Fly up
Clang
He said, God is oxygen.
I don't know anything
It's all like that
fidgeting
scared
change
wait
Let's stop now
Pray
2 Palm-sized Philosophy
About our daily lives waiting for an explosion
shout
I think.
Therefore I am.
Sorry for shaking morals
Ding ding ding ding ding ding
Witness
To the man who sat next to me that day
Background music of life
I believe
tragedy
Holding a shovel with both hands
Permission to exist
3 Yes, it is the philosophy and research lab.
I live to die
World, are you a problem book?
Professor, Heidegger is drifting away.
We all have minor illnesses.
Don't worry, everyone, we are always being reborn.
On the issue of you being unhappy and I feeling happy
That's why I like you when you're not here
Why are you curious about that?
In conclusion
1 Philosophers in the Water
Just a little more
Fly up
Clang
He said, God is oxygen.
I don't know anything
It's all like that
fidgeting
scared
change
wait
Let's stop now
Pray
2 Palm-sized Philosophy
About our daily lives waiting for an explosion
shout
I think.
Therefore I am.
Sorry for shaking morals
Ding ding ding ding ding ding
Witness
To the man who sat next to me that day
Background music of life
I believe
tragedy
Holding a shovel with both hands
Permission to exist
3 Yes, it is the philosophy and research lab.
I live to die
World, are you a problem book?
Professor, Heidegger is drifting away.
We all have minor illnesses.
Don't worry, everyone, we are always being reborn.
On the issue of you being unhappy and I feeling happy
That's why I like you when you're not here
Why are you curious about that?
In conclusion
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Into the book
To do philosophy is to see the world well.
It is about developing a deeper relationship with the world, sometimes clearly, sometimes vaguely, sometimes by changing perspectives.
--- p.5
We somehow manage to survive by giving meaning to, naming, or veiling a world we cannot understand.
Over the years, we build beliefs, and based on them, we interpret the world and create things.
Philosophy shatters the bricks that were so painstakingly built in an instant.
--- p.37
We can only listen to each other's stories because we don't know them.
If we resembled each other, shared similar circumstances, and were like twins, we would not be able to talk.
Because we don't know, we can listen, listen carefully, and think persistently.
--- p.58
We can't know each other with just one person.
Everyone knows that fact.
That fact connects us gently.
I don't know your pain.
I will never know your sorrow.
So we can think together.
--- p.61
Philosophy concerns everyone.
You can get involved in everything.
Even things that were considered unimportant can be considered in philosophical conversation.
Rather, I listen to things I have usually forgotten or never questioned.
We listen to the stories of people who are not considered important in the discussion and who are not considered necessary to be heard.
--- p.89
Philosophical conversation is caring.
It doesn't mean that you can be healed through philosophical conversation.
It is called care because it means paying attention.
Philosophy cares for knowledge.
Take care of the truth.
And I take care of myself by listening to other people's thoughts.
Take care of me, who is afraid of changing positions.
Take care of your thoughts.
--- p.98
Philosophy is surprisingly simple.
Because philosophy is about asking ‘why.’
So, it might be more appropriate to call it an action or work rather than an academic discipline.
Questions don't have to be particularly lofty.
Questions like, "Why do we live?" and "Why does the world exist?" are good, but so are questions like, "Why do I need to be connected to coworkers on messenger after work?" and "Why would I want to cheat when I'm in a relationship and happy?"
--- p.133
A fully dressed hairdresser comes up behind me, smiles, and asks kindly, “What would you like?”
The question, “What do you want to do?” means both “What kind of person do you want to be?” and “What kind of life do you want to lead?”
The hairdresser's seemingly insignificant question expands into the fundamental question, "How should I live?"
It's philosophy.
Philosophy is happening.
--- p.160
Sometimes, when I engage in philosophical conversations, I realize that I am swimming in the same ocean as other people.
There are many things that can trigger it, but one of them seems to be when everyone shares that they 'don't know'.
As we all work together to advance our exploration, saying, “I don’t know,” I hear the sound of the sea in my ears.
It makes me happy to see my senior, who is so brilliant at writing papers, struggling and saying, “Hmm, I don’t know.”
Facing what you don't understand is like swimming in a vast ocean.
It's lonely when you're alone, but when you're with other people, you feel a little more secure and can smile.
It is about developing a deeper relationship with the world, sometimes clearly, sometimes vaguely, sometimes by changing perspectives.
--- p.5
We somehow manage to survive by giving meaning to, naming, or veiling a world we cannot understand.
Over the years, we build beliefs, and based on them, we interpret the world and create things.
Philosophy shatters the bricks that were so painstakingly built in an instant.
--- p.37
We can only listen to each other's stories because we don't know them.
If we resembled each other, shared similar circumstances, and were like twins, we would not be able to talk.
Because we don't know, we can listen, listen carefully, and think persistently.
--- p.58
We can't know each other with just one person.
Everyone knows that fact.
That fact connects us gently.
I don't know your pain.
I will never know your sorrow.
So we can think together.
--- p.61
Philosophy concerns everyone.
You can get involved in everything.
Even things that were considered unimportant can be considered in philosophical conversation.
Rather, I listen to things I have usually forgotten or never questioned.
We listen to the stories of people who are not considered important in the discussion and who are not considered necessary to be heard.
--- p.89
Philosophical conversation is caring.
It doesn't mean that you can be healed through philosophical conversation.
It is called care because it means paying attention.
Philosophy cares for knowledge.
Take care of the truth.
And I take care of myself by listening to other people's thoughts.
Take care of me, who is afraid of changing positions.
Take care of your thoughts.
--- p.98
Philosophy is surprisingly simple.
Because philosophy is about asking ‘why.’
So, it might be more appropriate to call it an action or work rather than an academic discipline.
Questions don't have to be particularly lofty.
Questions like, "Why do we live?" and "Why does the world exist?" are good, but so are questions like, "Why do I need to be connected to coworkers on messenger after work?" and "Why would I want to cheat when I'm in a relationship and happy?"
--- p.133
A fully dressed hairdresser comes up behind me, smiles, and asks kindly, “What would you like?”
The question, “What do you want to do?” means both “What kind of person do you want to be?” and “What kind of life do you want to lead?”
The hairdresser's seemingly insignificant question expands into the fundamental question, "How should I live?"
It's philosophy.
Philosophy is happening.
--- p.160
Sometimes, when I engage in philosophical conversations, I realize that I am swimming in the same ocean as other people.
There are many things that can trigger it, but one of them seems to be when everyone shares that they 'don't know'.
As we all work together to advance our exploration, saying, “I don’t know,” I hear the sound of the sea in my ears.
It makes me happy to see my senior, who is so brilliant at writing papers, struggling and saying, “Hmm, I don’t know.”
Facing what you don't understand is like swimming in a vast ocean.
It's lonely when you're alone, but when you're with other people, you feel a little more secure and can smile.
--- p.222
Publisher's Review
Our daily lives are filled with philosophical triggers.
"The Moment Philosophy Begins," written by a young female philosopher
Walking down the street, working, studying, and talking
On a philosophical moment that suddenly strikes you
★ Kinokuniya Humanities Award 2022 Humanities Books Best 30
★ Highly recommended!
"Philosophers in the Water" is a book that captures the "moment when philosophy begins" captured in everyday life by a young female philosopher.
The author, a scholar who studies philosophy and also an activist for philosophy dialogue who engages in "philosophical conversations" with various people in schools, companies, art galleries, cafes, and on the streets, proposes "palm-sized philosophy" that begins with trivial questions in everyday life.
A small philosophy that begins by questioning familiar daily life and the thoughts we take for granted, rather than a grand philosophy overflowing with difficult philosophical terms.
This book contains fascinating stories from philosophical conversations in which the author participated, as well as intimate reflections on the philosophical moments we encounter every day in our lives.
This book was selected as one of the 'Kinokuniya Humanities Award 2022 Humanities Books Best 30' in Japan.
Philosophy is simply asking 'why'
Philosophy that begins with a small question within me
'Why do I crave ice cream in the winter?' 'Why do I have to stay connected with my colleagues via messenger after work?' These are trivial questions that pop up in my mind as I go about my life.
"Philosophers in the Water" tells us that philosophy begins with trivial questions.
Philosophy exists not only in profound reflections on life and death, but also in countless moments that leave us perplexed, such as overcooked seaweed soup, a custard egg that burst in our handbag, or the hairdresser's question, "What would you like?"
The author says that the seemingly insignificant questions that arise in our daily lives can instantly shatter the world we have lived in, giving meaning to it, and the beliefs we have held dear.
The hairdresser's question, "What do you want to do?" expands into the question, "How do I want to live?", and the elementary school student's curious question, "What happens to people when they die?" leads to the question, "What is the existence of me?"
Moreover, philosophy does not provide easy answers to questions.
Just answer a question with a question.
To someone who is worried about disliking someone, ask, “Can’t you just dislike them?” To someone who is worried about what it means to be good, ask, “Why are you curious about that?”
The question returns, forcing me to look inside myself and shaking up my taken-for-granted thoughts and solid daily life.
However, the author says that philosophy is something that is broken and destroyed, but at the same time is reborn and completed.
Philosophy does not teach ultimate answers or solve difficult problems, but it does not teach or force anything unilaterally.
Philosophy allows us, when faced with a painful reality, to avoid falling into a passive attitude of "it's just like that," and instead to ask "questions" about our own situation and listen to "other voices."
A philosophical conversation shared by people of all ages and genders
Because we cannot understand each other, we think together.
The author is a scholar who studies philosophy at a university and is also an activist in philosophical dialogue.
'Philosophical conversation' is a conversation method that originated from 'Philosophy for Children (P4C)' developed by American philosopher Matthew Lipman in the 1970s. It is a method of thinking deeply about philosophical topics with others and sharing opinions with each other.
Today, philosophical dialogues are taking place in a variety of settings, including educational settings, around the world.
The philosophical conversations the author holds at schools, businesses, art galleries, cafes, and on the street are open to everyone, regardless of gender, age, occupation, or academic background.
Elementary school students discussing the topic, "What is the meaning of life?", housewives discussing, "Why doesn't my child keep his promises?", and office workers shedding tears while discussing, "What does it mean to work?"
Philosophical conversations involve a wide range of people, each carefully using their own language.
Children and the elderly, philosophy professors and middle school students listen to each other's stories and think together to reach truths that are not easily visible.
In this book, the author says, “Having a conversation is meeting others.”
When having a philosophical conversation, you realize that even the closest people are absolute strangers, such as a friend you thought you knew well suddenly becoming someone who says things you don't understand.
Even I feel like a stranger, with strange thoughts suddenly coming to my mind.
The author says that we realize that we will never understand others, and yet there is meaning in the very act of trying to understand.
Philosophy is an act of truth and care for others and myself.
For a small and beautiful freedom, not for salvation or weapons.
“Philosophical conversation is care.
Philosophy cares for knowledge.
Take care of the truth.
I take care of myself by listening to other people's thoughts.
Take care of me, who is afraid of changing positions.
“I care about your thoughts.”
The author says that philosophy is about truth and caring for oneself and others.
In the face of truth that cannot be reached, we are merely beings who think and speak together and influence each other.
No one is insignificant before philosophy.
Even children and those who have not studied much can contribute to the truth by thinking and speaking for themselves.
Become a being that is absolutely necessary to the world.
People often say, "Philosophy saves lives" or "Philosophy leads to success," but the author says that philosophy does not save us and cannot be a means to anything.
We want grand events and dramatic stories, but our lives are made up of insignificant, trivial things.
Philosophy, which is often misunderstood as a 'large, dramatic, and abstract concept,' actually begins with the subtle fluctuations in our trivial daily lives.
That is why the author emphasizes that philosophy is not so much a 'study' as an 'act' of asking "why?" in everyday life, looking at oneself, others, and the world in a new way, and paying attention.
The author says that philosophy gives us small freedoms as we live small and trivial lives.
The freedom to question the obvious and to value the trivial, the freedom to ask questions, talk, and think, a freedom that is fragile and unstable, yet beautiful.
"The Moment Philosophy Begins," written by a young female philosopher
Walking down the street, working, studying, and talking
On a philosophical moment that suddenly strikes you
★ Kinokuniya Humanities Award 2022 Humanities Books Best 30
★ Highly recommended!
"Philosophers in the Water" is a book that captures the "moment when philosophy begins" captured in everyday life by a young female philosopher.
The author, a scholar who studies philosophy and also an activist for philosophy dialogue who engages in "philosophical conversations" with various people in schools, companies, art galleries, cafes, and on the streets, proposes "palm-sized philosophy" that begins with trivial questions in everyday life.
A small philosophy that begins by questioning familiar daily life and the thoughts we take for granted, rather than a grand philosophy overflowing with difficult philosophical terms.
This book contains fascinating stories from philosophical conversations in which the author participated, as well as intimate reflections on the philosophical moments we encounter every day in our lives.
This book was selected as one of the 'Kinokuniya Humanities Award 2022 Humanities Books Best 30' in Japan.
Philosophy is simply asking 'why'
Philosophy that begins with a small question within me
'Why do I crave ice cream in the winter?' 'Why do I have to stay connected with my colleagues via messenger after work?' These are trivial questions that pop up in my mind as I go about my life.
"Philosophers in the Water" tells us that philosophy begins with trivial questions.
Philosophy exists not only in profound reflections on life and death, but also in countless moments that leave us perplexed, such as overcooked seaweed soup, a custard egg that burst in our handbag, or the hairdresser's question, "What would you like?"
The author says that the seemingly insignificant questions that arise in our daily lives can instantly shatter the world we have lived in, giving meaning to it, and the beliefs we have held dear.
The hairdresser's question, "What do you want to do?" expands into the question, "How do I want to live?", and the elementary school student's curious question, "What happens to people when they die?" leads to the question, "What is the existence of me?"
Moreover, philosophy does not provide easy answers to questions.
Just answer a question with a question.
To someone who is worried about disliking someone, ask, “Can’t you just dislike them?” To someone who is worried about what it means to be good, ask, “Why are you curious about that?”
The question returns, forcing me to look inside myself and shaking up my taken-for-granted thoughts and solid daily life.
However, the author says that philosophy is something that is broken and destroyed, but at the same time is reborn and completed.
Philosophy does not teach ultimate answers or solve difficult problems, but it does not teach or force anything unilaterally.
Philosophy allows us, when faced with a painful reality, to avoid falling into a passive attitude of "it's just like that," and instead to ask "questions" about our own situation and listen to "other voices."
A philosophical conversation shared by people of all ages and genders
Because we cannot understand each other, we think together.
The author is a scholar who studies philosophy at a university and is also an activist in philosophical dialogue.
'Philosophical conversation' is a conversation method that originated from 'Philosophy for Children (P4C)' developed by American philosopher Matthew Lipman in the 1970s. It is a method of thinking deeply about philosophical topics with others and sharing opinions with each other.
Today, philosophical dialogues are taking place in a variety of settings, including educational settings, around the world.
The philosophical conversations the author holds at schools, businesses, art galleries, cafes, and on the street are open to everyone, regardless of gender, age, occupation, or academic background.
Elementary school students discussing the topic, "What is the meaning of life?", housewives discussing, "Why doesn't my child keep his promises?", and office workers shedding tears while discussing, "What does it mean to work?"
Philosophical conversations involve a wide range of people, each carefully using their own language.
Children and the elderly, philosophy professors and middle school students listen to each other's stories and think together to reach truths that are not easily visible.
In this book, the author says, “Having a conversation is meeting others.”
When having a philosophical conversation, you realize that even the closest people are absolute strangers, such as a friend you thought you knew well suddenly becoming someone who says things you don't understand.
Even I feel like a stranger, with strange thoughts suddenly coming to my mind.
The author says that we realize that we will never understand others, and yet there is meaning in the very act of trying to understand.
Philosophy is an act of truth and care for others and myself.
For a small and beautiful freedom, not for salvation or weapons.
“Philosophical conversation is care.
Philosophy cares for knowledge.
Take care of the truth.
I take care of myself by listening to other people's thoughts.
Take care of me, who is afraid of changing positions.
“I care about your thoughts.”
The author says that philosophy is about truth and caring for oneself and others.
In the face of truth that cannot be reached, we are merely beings who think and speak together and influence each other.
No one is insignificant before philosophy.
Even children and those who have not studied much can contribute to the truth by thinking and speaking for themselves.
Become a being that is absolutely necessary to the world.
People often say, "Philosophy saves lives" or "Philosophy leads to success," but the author says that philosophy does not save us and cannot be a means to anything.
We want grand events and dramatic stories, but our lives are made up of insignificant, trivial things.
Philosophy, which is often misunderstood as a 'large, dramatic, and abstract concept,' actually begins with the subtle fluctuations in our trivial daily lives.
That is why the author emphasizes that philosophy is not so much a 'study' as an 'act' of asking "why?" in everyday life, looking at oneself, others, and the world in a new way, and paying attention.
The author says that philosophy gives us small freedoms as we live small and trivial lives.
The freedom to question the obvious and to value the trivial, the freedom to ask questions, talk, and think, a freedom that is fragile and unstable, yet beautiful.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Publication date: October 31, 2022
- Page count, weight, size: 272 pages | 330g | 135*205*17mm
- ISBN13: 9791191716177
- ISBN10: 1191716171
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