시스템적 생명이론과 동양철학 연구 -프리초프 카프라의 학문관을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper purports to explain Fritjof Capra’s systems view of life and concludes what his view proposes to studies of East Asian traditional philosophies. For this purpose, Capra’s viewpoint and theories that are related to studies of the East Asian traditional philosophies are reviewed with many explanations about context of present time sciences development in his books and key points of his understandings to make the studies of the East Asian traditional philosophies developed are discussed. This study has three main discussions: to review on Capra’s essential ideas of ecology and essential understanding of the systems view of life, to discuss about what his ideas require philosophical studies for turning their theoretical framework and direction of construction of theory, and to discuss about what should be taken into studies of the East Asian traditional philosophies from Capra’s ideas. In these ideas this paper has three sub titles for effective discussion as presupposition of ecology, system and life, and autopoietic theory. And a new direction for understanding of the East Asian traditional philosophies and its vision are discussed as a conclusion.