Shunpei Ueyama
Japanese philosopher
Intro | Japanese philosopher | |
Places | Japan | |
was | Philosopher | |
Work field | Philosophy | |
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Birth | 16 January 1921 | |
Death | 6 August 2012 (aged 91 years) |
Ueyama Shunpei (上山 春平, January 16, 1921 in Wakayama – August 2012, in Minoyama) was a Japanese philosopher associated with the postwar Kyoto School. He graduated in philosophy from Kyoto University in 1943, and trained in a kamikaze human torpedo (gyorai:魚雷) squad. His main professional interest in philosophy were in the fields of logic, and American pragmatism, especially with its founding fathers Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey. He was emeritus professor at Kyoto University.