Hiroshi Nagai

Background

Nagai, Hiroshi was born on January 1, 1921 in Gamagori, Japan. Son of Shunji and Tomi (Nishimura) Nagai.

Education

Bachelor, Tokyo Bunrika U., 1944; D Literature, Tokyo Bunrika U., 1959.

Career

Assistant, Tokyo Bunrika U., 1947-1950; assistant professor, Tokyo Bunrika U., 1950-1953; assistant professor, Tokyo Kyoiku U., 1953-1975; professor, U. Tsukuba (Japan), 1975-1984; professor, Tokai U., Hiratsuka, Japan, 1984-1994; dean comparative culture, Tsukuba U., 1977-1979; provost, U. Tsukuba (Japan), 1979-1983; professor emeritus, U. Tsukuba, since 1991; member Japan Academy, U. Tsukuba, since 1996. Author: Ontological Foundation of Mathematics, 1961, A Study in Modern Philosophy of Nature, 1963, Philosophical Foundations of BiologicalView of Life, 1973, Metaphysics of Man and the World, 1985, others. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Achievements

• Hiroshi Nagai has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Recipient Tanabe-Hajime award, 1965. Member Philosophical Association Japan, Japan Association Philosophy of Science (trustee since 1969), Japan Science Council (member liaison committee 1964-1991). M C.

Connections

Married Yoshiko Kawahara, November 15, 1932. Children: Itaru, Mitsuko Kanazawa.

Father:

Shunji Nagai

Mother:

Tomi (Nishimura) Nagai

Spouse:

Yoshiko Kawahara

child:

Itaru Nagai

child:

Mitsuko Kanazawa Nagai