第二代认知科学视域下中医神明论新探

New exploration of the traditional Chinese medicine theory of spirit from the perspective of second-generation cognitive science

神明之主的争论是中医学界一个既古老又常新的话题,其主要观点有三:心主神明论、脑主神明论、心脑共主神明论。本文从神明之主的争论出发,基于第二代认知科学与中医神明论对认知问题的共同关切,试图构建第二代认知科学与中医神明论融合的新视域。依托第二代认知科学的认知理念,神志主体是整体的生命有机体,神志过程是身体与环境的交互作用过程。将第二代认知科学重返人体、重返行为、重返环境的具身特质及其整体论研究范式融入中医神明论的探讨中,深入分析第二代认知科学与中医神明论的共通性和差异,不仅能为神明之主的争论提供新的解释视角,也为中医神明论的深化发展提供了理论原则和新的研究路径,对于推动中医神明论的现代化具有重要价值。

The debate over the governor of spirit is an age-old yet ever-renewing topic in Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).The theory primarily revolves around three viewpoints:the heart governs the spirit,the brain governs the spirit,and the heart and brain have a joint role governing the spirit.This article,proceeding from the debate on the dominance of the divine spirit,aims to establish a novel perspective that integrates second-generation cognitive science with the TCM theory of the divine spirit based on their shared concerns regarding cognitive issues.Consciousness is the holistic living organism,and according to the cognitive concepts of second-generation cognitive science,consciousness is an interactive process between the body and the environment.Incorporating the embodied characteristics of the second-generation cognitive science,which emphasizes a return to the human body,behavior,and environment,and its holistic research paradigm into the exploration of the TCM theory of the divine spirit can provide a novel interpretive perspective for the debate on the dominance of the divine spirit.Additionally,conducting an in-depth analysis of the commonalities and differences between secondgeneration cognitive science and the TCM theory of the divine spirit offers theoretical principles and new research pathways for further developing the TCM theory of the divine spirit.This study has remarkable value in promoting the modernization of the TCM theory of the divine spirit.