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CHINESE JOURNAL OF SOMATIC SCIENCE
VOLUME 1,
NO.
3RD
ISSUE
(MAY,
1991)
HATER! AT. CIVILIZATION,
SPIRITUAL CIVILIZATION AND SOMATIC SCIENCE
BY:
Chen Xin
Human civilization includes two major portions,
material, civilization
and spiritual civilization.
This
is the result
of mankind
s reforming the
objective world and the subjective world.
The building of civilizati
the
spirit
of
socialism
is
divided
into
two
aspects,
culture
construction and
ideological construction.
Cultural construction refers
to
the
development
of
education,
science,
literature,
,
’
publishing,
health,
physical
education
and
other
“^ruction
improving the
level
of knowledge of the people.
Ideological construe
refers to the Marxist view of the world and scientific theories,
Commun
ideology,
beliefs
and
morals.
Socialist
culture
.is
the
manifestation
of
spiritual
civilization.
Socialist
ide
gy
subjective manifestation
of spiritual civilization.
Science and
technology
is
a
major
factor
in
research
civilization
and
spiritual
civilization.
Somatic
scie
involves the spiritual and the material,
the subjec
ive
f
formed
a new
the relationship between consciousness and the brain.
It has
*.
system which includes Marxist philosophy,
social
science
and
the van
natural
sciences.
It
is
a
direct
major
factor m the promotion
of
spiritual civilization and material civilization.
SOMATIC SCIENCE AND MATERIAL CIVILIZATION
Modern science and
technology
has
in
general
gone
through three
developmental
stages.
From
the
middle
of
the
16th
century to the
beginning of the industrial revolution at the end
of the
18th century can
be called
the beginning stage
of modern science and tectaology.
Such
as Descartes and Newton
laid the foundation of modern science
® e?
period,
from
the beginning
of the industrial revolution
in the
late
18th
century
to
this
century
was
the
maturation
period
of
science
and
technology.
It was during this period that t^e three great
inventio
the
19th century appeared
- the theory of
evolution,
the
theory of cells
and the
law of the conservation of energy.
At the same time,
a series
or
classical scientific theories
in such
fields
as
dynamics,
at,
light,
electricity,
chemistry,
biology
and
geology
developed
to
“purity,
basically forming the body of modern
science and
technology,
period,
from
the
beginning
of
this
century to the Present day “
period
of tremendous developments
in
science
and
technology. ™
hopes
that
the
21st
century
will
become
the
.century
of
Peaceful
development,
but economic and technical competition
is still very
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x.
LOOKING TOWARD
THE SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE
21ST CENTURY,
IT
IS,
POSSIBLE THAT
THEY WILL
BE CHARACTERIZED AS
FOLLOWS
It will be characterized by the rapid development
of science and
technology.
The world's
scientific and technologically advanced nations
will
concentrate
their
manpower,
materials
and
wealth
on
currently
advanced
science
and
technology.
At
the
same
time,
new
major
breakthroughs
may
occur
in
the
current
level
of
scientific
and
technological
development
in
a
series
of scientific and technological
fields.
New scientific theories will also appear,
and there
will
*? e n ®w
knowledge
of
the
natural
phenomena
of the universe-
This will deep y
affect the development
of
the
worlds
production.
There
will
be new
production
techniques,
new
types
of
biological
products,
new
synthetic
materials
,
new
information,
energy
and
communications
structures.
New changes
will occur because of this
in peoples
1 eas
an
concepts,
production methods,
social order and
life styles.
2.
It will be characterized by science
and technology
closely tied
to
economic
development.
Economic
development
will become much more
dependent upon science and technology.
The make up
of commercial producs
will
include technological factors,
technological discoveries will include
scientific factors which will be concentrated
to
a
great degree
There
will
also
be
changes
in
the division betweens science and technology.
There will be crossovers
and
overlapping
between
the
fields
ot basic
research,
applied
research
and
technological development.
The time
in
which
scientific
and
technological
discoveries
are
converted
into
commercial products will be greatly shortened.
3.
It will
be characterized
by science
and technology which will
develop high technology and
accelerate high
technology industries.
The
development
of
high technology
will determine the world ranking of every
country
in the world
in the next century.
What
we call
high technology
refers
to
the
establishment
on
the
basis of comprehensive scientific
research, new technology groups on the
leading edge
of modern
science
an
technology,
which
will
play
a
major role
in development
of productive
forces and promoting social civilization.
They
are
clearly strategic,
risky,
and
tend
to
proliferate and
permeate.
They require concentrated
knowledge,
concentrated
investments
and
advanced
management.
Hi Tee
Industry uses
high technology
achievements
as the primary technology and
resource
investment to produce goods of high value
.
4.
It will
be characterized
by science
and technology
which will
exist worldwide.
Because
modern science
and technology
is the basis
on
which the newest scientific
and technological
achievements
of
the world
are developed,
the greater the degree of concentration
of technology,
the
more and more complex technological development
will become
and the more
multifarious
it
will become.
There
is no country
in the world which can
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of
its own efforts develop and solve all
technology.
A number
ofounces
problems affecting
the society
of man
such as
e"V *r0"“fi d Sde division
competition -
c
Tt
i i
hB characterized by science and technology where science
and technology,
economies and
the environment
r2.£t.“rf
^rought°eankind great^benef its^°eaking
human society.
However,
advancements
xn science
and technology
^
industriai
n
revolution
,^hafrlcogn^S that
Because°the°
T
developments
t
of
e
science^and
5SS2--d° T^^-OTS, “Urc^d
tdln Jiher
s
haid
t
they
have also presented mankind with new
id
sca ie
rapid depletion
increased burden on the environment on
a world
’
Although so
of usable resources and
a dramatic rise
in
°°"^u«cnst bSHSele
far there
have been all sorts of efforts and parti
Therefore
when
has still
been
no
change
in
the
basic
direction.
Therefore,
when
considering
scientific
and
technical
developments
in thejlst.cent jr,
thore must be some basic changes m the traauionai
&y
.
.
„
technology
.^ Japan was
first
to emphasize and
to propose teuearch^into^a
shcuuTay It^iion^ sSi^^^cLnce^ SSj- sciences and thought
sciences from the viewpoint
of somatic science.
Research
in
consume lit^e energy Indwells little waste.
They hope to create
a new
science and new production systems to coordinate between man an
na ure
.
tt
THF RRFAKTHRGUGHS of somatic science mill lead to a new
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION,
CREATING A NEW HATERIAL
CULTURE FOR MANKIND
Man
is
an extremely complex giant system.
This
&
the
. .1
i pl>:.i
energv
and
informational
exchanges
with
th
surrounding anvlronmaAt
and ?he universe.
Therefore,
it -ay be said that
^an and thS environment,
man and the universe,
for. a
super giant system^
According
to
system
sciences
and
the
principles of system theory,
to
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understand such
a complex material system and
to clarify the
^
abilities
of
the system,
it
is necessary to us the methods of the reduction theory,
to
separate each
level.
However,
this
is not enough.
It
is necessary to use
the concept
of the
theory of
the whole to understand the multiple
level
structure and the different
functions of
the different
levels formed by
the
giant
system
of
the
human
body.
It
is necessary to combine the
reduction theory and system
theory to
comprehensively study
the complex
giant system
of he human body which
is open to the environment
and to the
universe.
This
is the philosophical idea of the concept of man
and nature
in the
research of somatic science.
There are three parts to the concept
of man and nature.
The universal view of man and nature,
the macroscopic
view of man and nature and the microscopic view of man and nature.
1.
The
first
part,
the
universal view of man and nature.
This
considers man within the universe.
It emphasizes that man
s
existence or
appearance
is related
to practical evolution,
or this may be turned around
to state that the reality of the existence
of the universe
is
a necessary
condition for the existence
of man.
Carter pointed
out:
The evolution
ot
the
universe
over
its
process
of
several
billion
years,
had
many
possibilities.
There were
many branching
out points.
Why did
it only
take
the path the
universe actually
followed?
If the
evolution of the
universe had
not taken
the current
path,
then the appearance
of
life
this world,
including mankind,
would not have been very
probable.
All
or
the universal
physical parameters
which we know determined the evolution
of the universe and
physical parameters
which determine
the movement
of
mass are
all necessary
for the appearance
of man.
It may also be stated
that man appeared
because
of
reality.
Therefore
the
nature
of
t
e
universe must
be
like
this.
In other words,
from the nature
of matter,
man and the universe,
or man and the
solar system,
or the
Milky Way an
the entire
solar system are all connected.
This
is the universal concep
of man and nature.
This field has
its basic physical concepts,
its ruler
of
ten
billion
light
years,
and
must use the broad definition
of
the
theory of relativity.
2.
The second part,
the macroscopic view
of man
and nature.
This
investigates the
relationship between
the
inside
of he human body and the
environment.
In this field,
it
is necessary to use Hewtonian physics.
It
was
greatly
emphasized
by
Chinese
traditional
philosophy and Chinese
traditional medicine.
Modern environmental medicine
is also
another part
of
this.
However,
it
is
one sided.
It only studies the affects of
the
environment
on the human body and ignores the effects
of the human body on
the environment.
This
ignores the
fact that the environment and man at
this macroscopic scale
is
a giant system type relationship,
and even more,
does not use the methods of system sciences to study this relationship.
3.
The
third
part,
the
microscopic
view
of
man
and nature.
Investigating man and the environment
at the microscopic
level,
or what
is
the
quantum
mechanics
level,
the
mutual
effects
between man and the
universe
is called the macroscopic view of man and nature.
Its yardstick
is
generally
within
the
range
of
to
the
power
of
negative
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