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The Appearance Of "Creation" In History Of Western Philosophy

Posted on:2012-06-22Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1225330467982757Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Philosophy begins with wonder and reflection, before Newton, mainly researches the nature. Since the science separate from the Philosophy mother, discovering the curiosity of nature is undertook by science, and Philosophy turn to study the human’s cognitive ability instead. Affirmation of human’s creativity is also limited to the artists’activities. Only when the science and technology becoming the most important force to change the world, the human bring the most influential scientific creative activity and technology Creativity into the test range of philosophy, the appearance of "creation" in history of western philosophy. In modern time, we take creativity as subject, to rethink creativity in new view has been become a very important thing. So, the study of the appearance of "creation" has very important theoretical and realistic significance to the philosophy of science especially to the philosophy of technology.The article define the concept of creation is the human’s creation, what has been appear must has been exist and perceived inevitable.The article conducts a historical review to the concept of creation in history of western philosophy, think it as a historical process from neglect to appearance. Firstly, date back to ancient Greek and Christian, review the human beings that behind creationism from the creationism stage of creation. Secondly, analyzing the creationism how to become waving in renaissance;. Finally, draw a conclusion, at the end of19th, the research of Bergson to the issue of creating is the symbol of "creation" appearing. The article logically analysis the reasons of the concept appearing from two perspectives, like the following:the philosophical ontology logical-creativity nature reveal by ask the nature of human; the basis of epistemology-from the subject of cognition to the subject of creation, and the regression of the practice has been bring into cognition-focusing on the technology and creation.The creative nature of human revealed by human’s creativity, creative power and practical subject.Descartes established the dominant position of rational. Locke’s Whiteboard theory strengthened the experience power of cognitive subject. Kant’s extremely rational marks the cognitive subject is transiting to the creative subject. Creativy subject’s substxantial contens is enriched by the senses of liberty of German classical philosophy, At this point, appear the subject’s ability of cognitive to practice; Freud’s’the human bear the creative instinct’, and Nietzsche’s’will to power highlights the passion to create’, and Bergson’s’life’s impulse to analysis the origin of human’s creation’, these make the appearance of subject’s driving force to create; Marx emotional material production establishes creative subject of the practice, which reveals the human’s creative nature, and provides the prerequisite for the appearance of creation.The research findings that about creative thinking in the history of Western Philosophy consist the history of the appearance of creating form of rational thinking together with emotional intuition. The study of logical thinking, mathematics which improve the possibility of the appearance of reason creating form. The studying of imaging mark the beginning of the appearance of nonlogical thinking forms, the studying of sensible intuition is the symbol of the appearance of creative thinking form.The philosophic cognition object have been changed, from nature to artificial nature,from god to human, human’s creation, especially science and technology creation have been the object of philosophy, which is one of the necessary conditions for the appearance of the concept.The article has analysis the traditional philosophy of science and the doubt of creation, it has also analysis the tradition of the art’s philosophy and the genius of creation. Meanwhile, it Point out technology becomes the object of philosophy researching, which makes a full range of inspection for the creation activities, and science researching the creativity plays a key role for philosophy creates the concept.The article elaborates the process of appearance of the concept of creation. It is not only to make sure the main position of scientific and technical creative activity in the human’s creative activities, but also to reflect the limitations of these activities, to reflect the manifestation of creation in the present era, whether it reflects a flaw of the human, whether need to coordinate creativity from the united of human and nature.
Keywords/Search Tags:the Methodology of Technology and Creation, Creation, History of WesternPhilosophy, Creative subject, Form of creative thinking, Creative activities
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