Medical scientific orientation of the theory

WangXiMin Heilongjiang jiamusi university of clinical medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        The correct definition of science

        The word "science", in today's has become known, well-known everyday language. Whether scientists, and the depiction of, or the common people, the export will said science. Scientific concept in today's social activities appear than ever more important. However, the "scientific" actually is to point to??????? It's true meaning??? What??? But few people can say clear.

        "Science" in people's mind is more righteous, fuzzy and inaccurate, and became a banana "fuzzy words". There is no doubt that the use of such a "fuzzy words" to evaluate a thing is science, it is very difficult to correct conclusion. For hundreds of years, for the traditional Chinese medicine academic debate whether science, is a typical example.

        In order to help the readers to "science" concept have a correct understanding, the author attempts to the word "science" radical original, to clarify its real meaning.

        1. "science" the origin of the word

        Wikipedia for "scientific" card do the following is introduced: a word of English science for science, which was intended knowledge, learning. The word "science" of ancient Chinese from China, original intention is "imperial examination of learning"; Families, branch, classification, the meaning of the project; Learning is for knowledge, learning. In western modern Japanese translation of English science works, citing a Chinese ancient Chinese the word "science", meaning "all kinds of different types of knowledge and learning". By 1893, kang youwei introducing and use the word "science". Yan fu in translation "TianYanLun" and so on the scientific works, also used the "scientific" 2 words. Since then, the "scientific" 2 words and widely used in China.

        2. "science" is narrow and broad cent

        Tracing the word "science" the source of the produce that it originated in the west, produced in modern times, it is to point to to bacon (1561 ~ 1626) advocate of positivism, Galileo for the experiment method of the pioneer practice as the foundation, in order to get the system of knowledge about the world. Galileo (1564-1642) is the precursor of modern experimental science, modern physics experiment of the Portland trail blazers, he and cartesian (1596 ~ 1650) together known as "the father of modern science".

        "Science" is a word, is the first by a cartesian "real and sure knowledge" (Vera et certa scientia) this phrase extensions. Descartes in explaining meet "real and determine the conditions of time has given five criteria. The five principles in 20 century philosophy of science, called scientific organized, comprehensible, completeness, can examine and universality. Someone to science explanation is found, the accumulation and is recognized as one of the universal truth or the use of general theorem, already systematic and the formulation of knowledge. Predictably, special scientific concept though to to the western modern with experiment is the characteristic of natural science, but it is a reflection of the is the criterion of the knowledge have objective, such as physics, chemistry, etc.

        The generalized "science" concept, it is in the narrow sense, "science", and on the basis of natural science from expansion and reference to the social, thinking and other fields, such as social science, thinking science and system science, etc. The "scientific" concept, is no longer limited to to experimental science is the characteristic of natural science, but evolved into all in the field of science concept, reflect the same is objectivity, particularly emphasize "practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, become philosophy level in the sense of" truth "and" correct "pronoun.

        Anyhow, no matter be the narrow sense, or the generalized "science" concept, it is a reflection of the criterion of the is the objective knowledge system, that is, science has actually become the pronoun of "truth".

        3. "science" of the most basic characteristics

        The most essential feature of the science is what? In 1888, Darwin to define science said: "science is finishing the facts, to discover the rule and make conclusions"; Einstein firmly convinced: "science aims to find hidden in the nature of the law of the uncertainty behind." The statement is different, but have the common understanding: science is sorting fact material, and on the basis of, and find the inner objective things essential connection between, namely the objective laws. Accordingly, it is known that the science is based on practical basis, after practice test and tight logic reasoning, about the objective world all kinds of the nature of things and the law of motion of the knowledge system.

        As to how to correctly define the "science", our country famous medical scientists HouCan professor in the medical science research introduction, "a book has the penetrating elaboration.

        He pointed out that, for example: the Soviet union the concise philosophy dictionary (fourth edition) to scientific definition is, "in the social and historical life accumulated in the process of nature, society and thought of knowledge system." This definition, he did not say the nature of science. Because the human society in practice the accumulated knowledge system is reliable, also have reliable, not reliable knowledge even with system can never be said to be scientific. The United States the new international English merriam-webster dictionary of the scientific definition for: a kind of the accumulated, accepted the systematized knowledge, a for the scientific method to verify the correctness and certainty, has the branch of knowledge. This definition although points out some of the characteristics of science, but also no points out that's most essential feature. For example, it did not explain what is a scientific method, what is the correctness of a standard. For the scientific method to define science is "tautology", with "accepted" as the validity standard belong to subjective truth standard.

        Of course, the people to the understanding of the objectivity is an endless process in history. In this process, people don't know from know, never completely know to compare the completely know, from the objective reality of approximate, incomplete and relative reflect (i.e. relative truth) constantly close to completely, absolutely reflect (namely absolute truth), and forever has no end. That is to say, "correctly reflect" is only relative attributed, but also contains the composition of absolute truth, and this is the most essential feature of the science.

        According to above understanding, HouCan to science professor a word to a brief definition: science is people correctly reflect the objective reality and its regularity of branch of knowledge system.

        So, how to prove it "correctly reflect the actual"? Marxist philosophy do specific answer that practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. That is, whether the scientific theory can correctly reflect the objectivity, to put it into practice to inspection, from the test results to confirm their correctness.

        To sum up, the special scientific concept and generalized scientific concept reflects the objectivity.

        The theory of Chinese medicine scientific orientation

        The word "science" since is defined as reflect the objective things inner essence and its regularity of knowledge system, so, we completely usable this definition of traditional Chinese medicine theory to measure whether belong to science theory.

        From a general philosophy level of view, traditional Chinese medicine theory after several thousand years of clinical inspection, prove it in clinical cure effective guidance when, can appear even unexpected curative effect, this will be enough to prove it reflect the objectivity of the scientific theory.

        In narrow natural science level speak, Chinese medicine theory from the human body the aspects whole function of human body life activity rules and pathological change and clinical diagnosis and treatment of the knowledge of the law system, it does in guiding clinical effective, and the effect of chronic diseases is far more than the curative effect of modern medicine, this will be enough to prove it is a scientific theory. According to the "structure decided to function", the theory of traditional Chinese medicine as set forth in the whole function of human body is not just happen, but must have the material base. There is still not fully found in the material basis, but does not show Chinese medicine theory is no material foundation, can explain research method does not reach the designated position, is not correct, time has not down to can solve the problem of the key place. The author to study TCM theory almost 30 years, traditional Chinese medicine yuan to elaborate essence, energy, Yin and Yang, organs, meridian qi, concepts, such as the material base, the preliminary evidence theory of traditional Chinese medicine scientific value. ZhuoZhu "modern science qi Yin and Yang break riddle," a book has been published, described in the book of yuan, energy, Yin and Yang is the material basis of law and its multiple, which proves that Chinese energy, Yin and Yang is beyond time the scientific theory.

        The theory of traditional Chinese medicine to localization is: the Chinese medicine theory and modern medical theory, belongs to the natural science theory category. From its overall system for the human body to the concept of knowledge point of view, Chinese medicine theory is beyond time from the advanced science theory, because it is far more than the modern medicine for the human body on the overall level of life, and the understanding of the disease and cure rule height. The author has used traditional Chinese medicine methods (including traditional Chinese medicine, luck belligerent may also, massage, guidance) treat various diseases 30 years of clinical practice shows that the western medicine therapy for many chronic invalid intractable diseases, all can receive significant results, sometimes even instant solutions, proved the method of traditional Chinese medicine has great scientific value heal.