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Ecological Cognitive Analysis of Chinese Harmonious Discourse
1Department of Foreign Languages, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|December 6, 2021
Summary
This study introduces a new cognitive approach to Chinese harmonious discourse (CHD) analysis, fostering ecological harmony by shifting from antagonistic to unified thinking. This method cultivates unconscious ecological awareness for crisis mitigation.
Area of Science:
- Ecolinguistics
- Cognitive Science
- Chinese Philosophy
Background:
- Ecolinguistics faces cognitive dissonances and insufficiencies.
- Existing analysis of Chinese harmonious discourse (CHD) lacks an ecological perspective.
- Antagonistic human-nature thinking contributes to the ecological crisis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a dialectical opposite-unity approach for analyzing Chinese harmonious discourse (CHD) from an ecological perspective.
- To develop a cognitive mechanism for cultivating unconscious ecological harmony.
- To address cognitive dissonances and one-sided thinking in ecological discourse.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis and interpretation due to the novelty of the subject.
- Application of Chinese dialectical opposite-unity philosophy.
- Developing a cognitive framework for conscious operationalization leading to unconscious states.
Main Results:
- Presents a novel, ecologically cognitive approach to CHD analysis.
- Demonstrates the cultivation of unconscious ecological harmony cognition through conscious opposite-unity procedures.
- Establishes a higher-level cognition mechanism for habitual unconscious thinking.
Conclusions:
- The study offers a cutting-edge example of ecologically cognitive analysis for CHD.
- The approach has practical significance in alleviating the ecological crisis through cognitive change.
- The theoretical significance lies in demonstrating the cultivation of unconscious ecological harmony.
Keywords:
Chinese cultureChinese discourseChinese harmonious discoursedialectical opposite-unity philosophydialectical philosophyeco-cognitionecological cognitive mechanismMore Related Videos
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