Guest guest Posted May 1, 2001 Report Share Posted May 1, 2001 Does the mind-body problem need to be resolved? Was it ever a problem except in Western philosophy? The Chinese " solution " is already inherent in 5-Phases (Wu xiang). In Western scientific literature there are already enough books on neurobiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and complexity theory to back up and flesh out Chinese medical theories. The real issue, I believe, is why is it underutilized in the version of TCM that is popular in America. Jim Ramholz , " Dr. Peter Powalka " <mail@p...> wrote: > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: yulong@m... [yulong@m...] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. Mai 2001 05:19 > An: > Betreff: Re: energetic vs. physical dosing-- > Tinctures vs fluid extract concentrates. > > > > I believe that the resolution of the mind-body > problem that underlies so much of the conundrum > of contemporary theoretical physics and consciousness > studies can be productively addressed using Chinese > medical theory, but again, only if this is done with > enormous care and attention to this kind of pitfall. > > Ken > > I think that´s very true. The best book I have read about chinese > psychology is by Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée: Les > mouvements du coer - Psychologie des Chinois. > Does anybody know if this book has ever been translated from french into > english? Or are there any other good books about this subject you could > recommend? > > Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2001 Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 > Does the mind-body problem need to be resolved? I suppose that depends upon whether or not one has it. Was it ever a problem > except in Western philosophy? Western philosophy and the scientism that it has spawned has had such an enormous impact on the quality of human existence that it hardly seems reasonable to dismiss its causes and effects. The Chinese " solution " is already > inherent in 5-Phases (Wu xiang). There are a great many inherent solutions within Chinese medical theories that have yet to be realized. There is a considerable history to the search for these solutions both in China and in the Western world. I don't think we're done yet. > > In Western scientific literature there are already enough books on > neurobiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and complexity theory to back up > and flesh out Chinese medical theories. The real issue, I believe, is > why is it underutilized in the version of TCM that is popular in > America. I don't see that there is one " real issue " here. I think there are a range of issues and that in order to address them fully we need to engage in a well thought out program that investigates the Chinese medical literature as well as appropriate receipt points across a spectrum of modern scientific disciplines so that the theoretical material of the former can be successfully transmitted to the latter. Perhaps we should move this particular thread to the ChineseMedicine.net list as it seems to have drifted more into that territory. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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