The Intersubjective Being Structure of the World

The Intersubjective Being Structure of the World, translated by Michael A. Santone, Jr., is the first English language translation of Wataru
Hiromatsu’s 世界の共同主観的存在構造 (Sekai no kyōdō shukanteki sonzai kōzō).

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This book is a major early work of Japanese philosopher Wataru Hiromatsu (1933-1994). Originally published in 1972, the primary theme
is overcoming the subject-object schema of modern philosophy.



Hiromatsu seeks to replace this subject-object schema with what he calls the intersubjective fourfold structure, in which “the given is valid
as something more to someone as someone more.” This fourfold structure is not a sum of four independent elements, but exists only as a
functional relationship. From this relationist point of view, Hiromatsu develops his philosophical theory as a systematic critique of “reification,”
defined as the hypostatizing misconception of a functional relation.