@article{ART002050353},
author={Yoo Kwon Jong},
title={Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2015},
volume={40},
pages={1-34},
doi={10.33156/philos.2015.40..001}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yoo Kwon Jong
TI - Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2015
VL - 40
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 1
EP - 34
SN - 1598-7213
AB - This study purports to attempt a new comparative study of Confucius and Laozi in their understanding of mind, which has never been inquired properly recently. The understanding of mind includes the viewpoints and methods in understanding the mind that are observed in the ideas of a scholar or a homogenous group sharing some thoughts or a classical text, consisting of concepts. Thus, it is the quality of concepts and linkage patterns of the concepts that the study of the understanding stresses on. This study adopts as a useful standard of comparison the integrated mind model that has been developed as the result of a foundational research on the comparative studies of the mind models. The integrated mind model includes all six categories of the mind: structure and activities; existence and field; change to growth or degeneracy; observation, evaluation, and diagnosis; work and effect; metaphors. According to the result of the discussion, Confucius and Laozi commonly have few ideas about the structure of the mind, but have a number of ideas about its activities. Both of them respectively keep their deep attention on the change to growth or degeneracy. Accordingly, each of them develops one’s own program for the growth of the mind to the highest level. Of course, about the effect of the growth, each of them adds explanation. Conceptually, each of them proposes a very different way on its growth, explaining the substance of its highest level peculiarly. However, a group of recent cognitive scientists has explained their substance is not so different from each other. Due to this new explanation, our proper judgement on their difference, in the substantial effect of the mind or the situation of its highest level, should be our future task.
KW - Understanding of mind;Integrated mind model;Confucius;Laozi;Cumulative and constructive growth;Evacuating growth
DO - 10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
ER -
Yoo Kwon Jong. (2015). Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s. Philosophical Investigation, 40, 1-34.
Yoo Kwon Jong. 2015, "Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s", Philosophical Investigation, vol.40, pp.1-34. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
Yoo Kwon Jong "Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s" Philosophical Investigation 40 pp.1-34 (2015) : 1.
Yoo Kwon Jong. Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s. 2015; 40 1-34. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
Yoo Kwon Jong. "Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s" Philosophical Investigation 40(2015) : 1-34.doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
Yoo Kwon Jong. Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s. Philosophical Investigation, 40, 1-34. doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
Yoo Kwon Jong. Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s. Philosophical Investigation. 2015; 40 1-34. doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
Yoo Kwon Jong. Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s. 2015; 40 1-34. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
Yoo Kwon Jong. "Comparison Between Confucius’ Understanding of Mind and Laozi’s" Philosophical Investigation 40(2015) : 1-34.doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..001
