Lucas Murata is a researcher and student of Japanese philosophy, with an emphasis on the work of Nishida Kitarō.
His research seeks to establish dialogues between Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.
The central themes of his research include consciousness, experience, reality, and their relationship to nihilism.
He is currently pursuing a master's degree in Philosophy at the State University of Londrina (UEL).
He also works on translating Japanese philosophical texts, including works by Nishida Kitarō, into Portuguese.

Nishida's Concept of Place and the Japanese Language

This presentation analyzes how the structure of the Japanese language conceptually supports bashō (場所, place) in Nishida Kitarō's philosophy. It shows that Japanese not only conveys but also shapes Nishida's way of thinking, especially regarding nonduality and the absence of a substantial subject. While Western languages ​​tend to centralize the subject, Japanese allows for the expression of experience without explicit reference to it. This characteristic is similar to Nishida's proposal of a consciousness prior to the separation between subject and object. Thus, Japanese grammar, by emphasizing the predicate and the relational dimension of discourse, reveals direct parallels with Nishida's logic of place.