동양철학에서 본 腦와 心의 상관성

Abstract

This thesis is a basic study of the correlation between the brain and mind in Eastern philosophy. First of all, the meaning of the Chinese character Brain(腦) and Sa(思, thinking) was reviewed. In addition, And how the heart/mind[心] and brain[腦] are combined, and what the role of Shinmyeong(神明, mental activity) is among them is described. The contents described in this paper are summarized as follows; First, in the Eastern tradition, except for the interest in Taoism, there was little professional discussion about the brain in Confucianism itself. Therefore, there was no identification of the relationship between the brain and the mind. Second, it was the Taoist side who showed relatively interest in the problem of the brain and mind, as well as the traditional Chinese medicine side. In traditional oriental medicine, there has been a debate about whether it is brain-centered or mind-centered. It is a matter of what the brain and the heart are, and what is the relationship between the two. In the East, mind-centered thinking is the center, not brain-centered thinking. It is thought that he discovered the brain in the process of expanding and developing it, and embraced it as part of the function of the mind. For example, in Taoism, it is judged that the lower abdomen, or intestines, paid attention to the primitive response of the Gut Brain, which is connected to the brain, and reflected it in the mind. It is believed that it has expanded from the heart in the sense of the so-called animal sense, the ventral brain like intuition, which recognizes information before the cerebrum, and headed for the discovery of the brain. Here, in the Orient, it was possible to see that mind-centered emotionalism was the mainstream, and brain-centered intellectualism was not. Third, in terms of the brain and the mind, it can be confirmed that the mind and brain are connected to each other. It was found that the activities of thought, sense, and perception are due to the response of the mind and brain. It can be seen that the combination of mind and brain, which can be understood from the character ‘sa’, is deeply infiltrating and spreading in general thoughts of Eastern philosophy. Fourth, Shinmyeong name refers to mental activity including excellent cognitive ability or intellect when we say that it is the lord of all things. It is said that the Shinmyeong is contained in both the mind and the brain. However, it seems to have emphasized the excellence of the mind and brain activity. As Xunzi said, Shinmyeong was governed by the mind. Therefore, the mind subsumes the brain and even determines the position of governing the Shinmyeong. In this way, it was possible to see that the understanding of the brain was deepening and expanding within the discussion of the mind, although the brain was not dealt with in earnest in the oriental tradition before the Western brain scientific knowledge was spread. In other words, the activity of the mind is the activity of the brain.