The Interpretation of The Essence of “Mental Illness” from the “Mind-Body Relationship” of Buddhism — In the Thought of Philosophy of Consciousness

• Main Authors: Wen-Chin Kan, 干文琴
• Other Authors: 孫雲平
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13835440341993811070

博士 === 國立中央大學 === 哲學研究所 === 103 === “Illness” is a necessary phenomenon that people have to encounter in the whole life. However, there are few philosophical discussions respond to this universal state. This dissertation poses the question of “mental disorder” , which is drawn the inspiration from some research papers. While the negative impacts of "mental illness" are dramatically increasing, some psychiatrists begen to reckon with the core issues of "philosophy of mind" and apply these philosophical assumptions to the treatment in clinical. Meanwhile, there are some philosophers devoted to researches relating psychiatry to philosophy. A new field, philosophy of psychiatry, is therefore gradually developed in such context. This dissertation intends to examine if Buddhist philosophy is able to illuminate the concept of “mental disorder”.The main purpose is to present the genetics and eccence of “mental disorder” from the view of Buddhist context. This paper is organized as follows. Chapter 1 writes the literature review of philosophy of mind, mind-body relation of Buddhism and philosophy of psychiatry. Chapter 2 reviews some philosophical refection on “mental disorder” from the prespective of American, Continental and Buddhism. Through the argumentation of transcendental consciousness constitution from the viewpoint of Yogācāra, Chapter 3 reveals the relation and genetics of mind and body. Chapter 4 justifies mind-body interaction and mind-brain relationship with the explication of “six supreme qualities” and “five aggregations”. The relations among “mind”(心王), “mental concomitants”(心所) and “mental disorder are discussed , and the definition of “reason” (理性) from Buddhist perspective is offered in chapter 5. Furthermore, we also explain that “mental concomitants” have cognitive, emotional and moral implications. The Buddhist concept of “reason” is thus coerected by “mental concomitants” with cognitive, emotional and moral implications, which affect mental health together.