易經與知識論

Abstract

易有聖人之道四焉，以言者尚其辭，以動者尚其變，以致器者尚其象，以卜筮者，尚其占（繫辭上傳十章）。 人類的知識可作不同的歸類。其中有依類是有關架構方面的知識，稱為形式知識，譬如數學、邏輯及語言皆屬之，形式知識可用以詮釋其他知識，作者於易經的研究中，發現易經可視為一種形式知識。 作者從易經對陰陽之道，變通之理的觀點，探求玄想帶給易經的傷害，為易經指出一條推理之道，並從科技教育的教學環境中，體會出易經的一些實際貢獻，並配以許多實例說明之。

The knowledge of framework called formal knowledge, such as mathematics, logic, and language, can be used to interpret other branches of knowledge. After studying the I-ching, the author finds that the I-ching can be regarded as a kind of formal knowledge. The rules of the yin and the yang and the patterns of changes manifest the I-ching's con-cepts under the influence of the mataphysics, thus forming its way of reasoning. The author al-so makes a point of the practical contributions of the I-ching to the instruction of technology, and explains them with examples.