中国与西方过程思维中的内在超越性

Inherent Transcendence in the Process of Chinese and Western Thought

中国传统的儒释道三个哲学世界观,都是过程思想。宇宙基本的二重性,也很受怀特海的青睐,恰如中国古典哲学中的阴阳概念。亚洲哲学所强调的内在超越性是一种超越经典认知方式的人类经验的内在愿景。对支撑意识的神经生物机制的研究表明,文化的差异可能在特定的大脑激活模式中找到其根源。中国古典哲学多基于直觉性解释,关注"怎样"的问题,主要是由右脑半球主导的。西方哲学则主要涉及左脑半球体现关注"什么"问题的精神活动。可是,在深层意识反思方面,大脑的不平衡并不能阻止我们通过整个大脑的作用,用终极概念来给经验现实一个最终的、纯粹的解释。因而,内在超越性将不再是依赖于文化的,而是东、西方所共有的一种普遍意识。

Chinese traditional three philosophical worldviews from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are process thoughts. The universe with basic duality is favored by Whitehead, as the concept of Yin - Yang in the classical Chinese philosophy. The inherent transcendence emphasized in Asian philosophy is a kind of inner vision beyond the classical cognitive mode of human experience. Research on the neurobiology mechanism of supporting the consciousness indicates cultural differences may find its origin in the mode of activation in specific brain. Chinese classical philosophy based on the intuitive explanation, pay attention to ＂how＂ questions, was dominated by the right hemisphere. Western philosophy is mainly related to mental activity of the left hemisphere reflected concern ＂what＂ questions. But, to deeply con- sciousness reflection, imbalance of the brain can＇ t stop the entire brain function, with the ultimate concept, to make empirical reality a final and pure interpretation. Therefore, inherent transcendence will no longer be dependent on the culture, but a universal consciousness of the East and the West.