WRITINGS

Books (Japanese)

『夢で出会った哲学者たち：プラトンから道元まで ― その深遠で楽しい物語 ―』(Philosophers I Met in My Dreams: From Plato to Dōgen — A Deep and Enjoyable Tale) Art Village (Japan), 2025. This is a newly revised and expanded edition of 『小説哲学史』 (vols. 1–2), Taiyo Shobo, Japan, 2004.

A narrative journey through the history of philosophy, structured as five consecutive dreams in which the narrator encounters major thinkers across Western and Far Eastern traditions.

『宗教の限界と人生の意味：V. フランクルの視点』(The Limits of Religion and the Meaning of Life: Viktor Frankl’s Perspective) Art Village (Japan), 2025.

Drawing on Viktor Frankl’s thought, this book examines the paradoxes that arise when religious certainty hardens into ideology. It questions the limits of sectarian religion and reconsiders the meaning of life as something lived and chosen by individuals.

『それでも僕は生きてゆく：正常な人ほど自殺を考える』
(Even So, I Go On Living: Why “Ordinary” People Think About Suicide) Art Village (Japan), 2010.

A philosophical novel that follows a young man contemplating suicide, using his inner discourse to explore fundamental questions about life, death, and meaning.

Selected Article (Public)

The following article is shared publicly as it closely aligns with the themes explored in Encounters.

Noda, K. (2022). Ethical paradoxes of belief systems: Viktor Frankl’s approach. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 45(2), 93–113. [Download PDF — Journal Article] (PDF opens in a new tab or downloads to your device)

Drawing on Viktor Frankl’s perspective, this article analyzes how belief systems can produce ethical paradoxes when moral certainty hardens into ideology.

Noda, K. (2023, October 19–21). Viktor Frankl’s hermeneutic space and belief systems. Paper presented at the 24th World Congress of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy. [Download PDF — Conference Paper] (PDF opens in a new tab or downloads to your device)

This conference presentation articulates Viktor Frankl’s phenomenological–hermeneutic approach, clarifying how self-transcendence, meaning, and individual autonomy open an inclusive space beyond exclusive belief systems.

Editorial Work

Guest Editor, “Intersection of Phenomenology and Religion.” Religions (ISSN 2077-1444), January 2023.

Note on Scope

This page presents selected writings relevant to the themes of Encounters.
Other academic publications are not listed here.