具身认知科学对传统认知科学的元理论突破

Embodied Cognitive Science and Its Contribution to Breakthroughs in Meta-theory of Cognitive Science

作为认知科学的一个新取向,具身认知科学对传统认知科学有很大的突破。其中在元理论上,突破第一代认知科学作为思想基础的身心二元论,取而代之的是身心一体论和身心辨证统一论;突破人是机器的基本论断,提出人是人,与动物和机器不同,具有机器和动物所不具有的意向性和具身性,能够提问,能够沉思他们存在的意义,能够批判地反省其生命的意义,以使其行为方式发生变革;突破语言学哲学尤其是其重要理论形态逻辑实证主义,以心智哲学为指导思想。正是元理论突破,使得具身认知科学建构了与传统认知科学不同的体系,在理论、方法论、研究领域和研究方法等诸多方面都有新的突破。

As a new approach,embodied cognitive science has contributed a lot to the breakthroughs in cognitive science. Particularly in terms of the meta theory,it rises above the body mind dualism which was the ontological basis of first generation cognitive science by advancing its body mind monism and a dialectically unified theory. Its major theoretical contributions are also well reflected in the following claims：human beings are not animals and machines,for they have intentionality and embodi ment that animals and machines do not have;they are able to question and reflect on the significance of their existence and life in order to transform their mode of behavior. In addition,it replaces linguistic philosophy and logic positivism by pragmatic philosophy and mind philosophy. It is these break-throughs in meta theory that enable embodied cognitive science to construct a new theoretic system and make breakthroughs in theory,methodology,research field and concrete research methods.