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On the Komaba Campus, I have been involved with the since 2012. I was brought in without fully understanding what would happen to me; at that point, I was supposed to be the next director of the center. Resigned to the decision that was made without my consent, I decided to start writing blog reports, half as a personal record and half as a responsibility, owing to my position. These reports continue today as the “Record of Encounters.”
 
Originally, I never intended for these writings to be published as a book. However, someone who read all of them suggested that I publish them. It was Mr. Masahiro Terada, whom I met when I was engaged in a project for three years at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto. After reading through the writings, he mentioned that they seemed like a record of my journey in philosophy dialogue, and he proposed the title “Adventure Diary.” Based on this concept, I selected and edited the writings, which fell into four distinct stages.
 
In Chapter 1, “The Beginning of the Journey,” I recount my encounter with philosophy dialogue and the journey that led me to the project “Philosophy for Everyone.” You can find something like fate, where seemingly unrelated things come together. Chapter 2, “Encounters on the Journey,” focuses on the various attempts I made in the events of philosophy dialogue. These include themes that may not seem typical of philosophy, such as “mothers,” “money,” “business,” “the universe,” and “love,” and involved collaborations with people unrelated to philosophy. Chapter 3, “Traveling Companions,” discusses projects developed through the connection between philosophy dialogue and community building, expanding collaboration with broader fields of design. In Chapter 4, “Into the Virtual World,” I write about the explosion of online philosophy dialogues during the COVID-19 pandemic and record in detail what was discussed during these events.
 
Many philosophy scholars dismiss philosophy dialogue as nothing more than “idle chit-chat” or “amateur talk,” claiming that philosophy cannot be done without specialized knowledge. Such authoritarian attitudes exist across generations, and what they say has not changed over the past ten years. However, I am sure that I have been engaging in something that is much more valuable. Through philosophy dialogue, I have sought to expand the possibilities of philosophy, attempting to define where philosophy begins and where it ceases to be philosophy. By incorporating insights from design, I was able to develop what I call “inclusive philosophy,” a form of co-creative philosophy where diverse individuals collaboratively build thoughts. This approach contrasts with Descartes’ solipsistic “I think, therefore I am” (cogito ergo sum) and establishes a principle of collective thinking, expressed as “We think, therefore we are” (cogitamus ergo sumus). This philosophy is, indeed, an “adventure,” a serious and thrilling one that is far from reaching its end.
 

(Written by KAJITANI Shinji, Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / 2024)