Itsuki Hayashi

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Office: 500D Kent Hall
Office Hours: W 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Email: ih2300@columbia.edu

Educational Background

BA: University of Toronto (’04)
MA: University of Toronto (’06)
MA: University of Hawaii at Manoa (’07)
PhD: University of Hawaii at Manoa (’13)

Classes Taught

AHUM UN1400 Colloquium on Major Texts: East Asia
EARL GU4010 Buddhist Inspirations on Twentieth-Century Japanese Thought

Research Interests

Philosophy of Identity, Buddhist Influence on the Kyoto School, Comparative Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Japanese Philosophy, Metaphysics

Itsuki Hayashi specializes in the philosophy of identity and persistence in 8th century Indian Buddhism and modern Japanese philosophy, the Kyoto School in particular. His dissertation, “Rehabilitating Momentariness”, critically analyzes arguments for and against the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence in the Indian debates, and explores ways in which the doctrine would enrich discussion in contemporary metaphysics and Japanese philosophy. Itsuki’s current research examines the Kyoto School’s philosophy of death, with a focus on its incorporation of the Buddhist conception of time in surmounting existential problems associated with death.

Selected Publications

“Can Flux bring about Flux?” Journal of Indian Philosophy (2017)

“Persons as Weakly Emergent,” Philosophy East and West (2016)

“Momentariness and Temporal Divisibility,” Hikaku Shiso Kenkyu (2016, in Japanese)