Watsuji, intentionality, and psychopathology

Abstract

Within recent years, there has been increased interest in the work of Tetsuro Watsuji. He is now regularly invoked in discussions of, among other things, ethics, embodiment, the self, political philosophy, environmental ethics, architectural studies, and human geography. But despite this renewed interest, there remain many underexplored areas in his work worthy of further attention. In what follows, I draw attention to one of these areas: Watsuji's discussion of intentionally.