Philosophia Naturalis Rediviva: Natural Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century

Philosophies

MacLennan, BruceJ.¹ 

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

关键词: natural philosophy;    philosophy of science;    Jungian psychology;    depth psychology;    analytical psychology;    phenomenological psychology;    evolutionary psychology;    active imagination;    Aristotle’s four causes;    aesthetics in science;    philosophy as a way of life;   

DOI  :  10.3390/philosophies3040038

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

A revitalized practice of natural philosophy can help people to live a better life and promote a flourishing ecosystem. Such a philosophy is natural in two senses. First, it is natural by seeking to understand the whole of nature, including mental phenomena. Thus, a comprehensive natural philosophy should address the phenomena of sentience by embracing first- and second-person methods of investigation. Moreover, to expand our understanding of the world, natural philosophy should embrace a full panoply of explanations, similar to Aristotle’s four causes. Second, such a philosophy is natural by being grounded in human nature, taking full account of human capacities and limitations. Future natural philosophers should also make use of all human capacities, including emotion and intuition, as well as reason and perception, to investigate nature. Finally, since the majority of our brain’s activities are unconscious, natural philosophy should explore the unconscious mind with the aim of deepening our relation with the rest of nature and of enhancing well-being.

【 授权许可】

CC BY