阴阳五行说是一种工具性本质科学——兼与西方近代数学比较  

The Theory of Yin-yang and Wuxing Is both an Eidetic Science and an Analytical Tool: In Comparison with Mathematics in Modern Western Science

作　　者：齐文涛[1] 严火其[1] 

机构地区：[1]南京农业大学人文社会科学学院,江苏南京210095

出　　处：《自然辩证法通讯》2013年第3期86-92,127,共7页Journal of Dialectics of Nature

摘　　要：中国五千年绵延不绝的文明积累了有关自然界的丰富而系统的知识,阴阳、五行是这一知识体系的核心概念之一。中国传统中阴阳五行学说的实质在于,它是中国古代科学的分析工具,它自身构成一门"本质科学"。阴阳五行在中国古代科学中的作用类似于数学在西方近代科学中的作用,它们都是工具性本质科学。Yin-yang (the two opposing and complementary principles in nature) and wuxing (five elements) are the core concepts in ancient Chinese system of knowledge about nature, which belongs to the civilization of five thousand years’ accumulation. As the essential concepts of its theory, yin-yang and wuxing in Chinese tradition are a tool to analyze ancient Chinese science, which are themselves an eidetic science. The role of the theory of yin-yang and wuxing in ancient Chinese science is similar to that of mathematics in modern Western science. Both are eidetic sciences and analytic tools.

关 键 词：阴阳 五行本质科学 中国古代科学 

分 类 号：N0[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]