Clarification of the Field Concept for a New General System Theory  

作　　者：PAN Lingli CUI Weicheng 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province,School of Engineering,Westlake University,Hangzhou,China [2]Institute of Advanced Technology,Westlake Institute for Advanced Study,Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province,China

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2021年第10期737-747,共11页哲学研究（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the“Construction of a Leading Innovation Team”project by the Hangzhou Municipal government;the startup funding of New-Joined PI of Westlake University with grant number(041030150118).

摘　　要：Field is an essential concept for us to understand the physical phenomena in the universe.Since the field concept was proposed in electromagnetism during nineteenth century,the understanding of the field concept has experienced great changes.This paper re-examines the concept of field from its origin and evolution history,with the purpose of a better understanding of the concept in order to be used in our new general system theory to unify different theories.Our main conclusion is that the concept of field should not be regarded as an independent physical existence but a property of matter of both living and nonliving.Through a discussion on an isolated two-body system from the perspective of gravitational field,a psychic field is introduced to address the active force produced by living creatures with minds.

关 键 词：FIELD electromagnetic field gravitational field psychic field mind-body problem 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]