生命是什么?  

What Is Life?

作　　者：李建会[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京师范大学哲学系,北京100875

出　　处：《自然辩证法研究》2003年第4期86-91,共6页Studies in Dialectics of Nature

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究"十五规划"项目"生命心灵和计算"(01JA720015)。

摘　　要：生命的本质问题是历史上的大哲学家都要讨论的问题,然而由于问题的复杂性,近年来哲学家们明显地忽视了这个问题。本文讨论了生命难以定义的各种原因,论述了定义生命的两种主要方法:实体定义方法和功能定义方法,分析了一些主要生命定义的优点和问题,论证了生命的信息定义。The problem of the nature of life or definition of life is a problem that philosophers in the history loved talking aboutRecent years,however,it seems that philosophers have completely neglected itIn this paper,the reasons why the problem is difficult to answer are given;two ways of defining life:defining from structure and defining from function are discussed;the advantages and disadvantages of the known definitions of life are evaluated;the information definition of life which I think is the best definition in this information age is elaborated

关 键 词：功能定义 实体定义 生命哲学 生命本质 

分 类 号：B083[哲学宗教—哲学理论]