본 논문은 왕양명의 철학이 지니는 유학적 통찰력을 음미함으로써 현대의 철학상담에 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 타진하여 철학상담의 방향성과 방법론에 대해 하나의 제안을 하고자 한다. 철학상담의 영역에서 심리학이라는 분야가 철학에서 독립되어 나갔다는 이유로 대부분의 철학상담 작업은 인간의 감성과 감정에 대한 논의는 배제한 채로 이성적 측면에서만 제한적으로 시도되고 있다. 그러나 철학상담은 삶의 이러저러한 여정에서 때로 고통스러워하며 때로 환호하며 생생하게 살아있는 인간의 삶을 다루고자 하는 것인데, 살아있는 인간에게 있어서 이성과 감성, 정신과 육체, 그리고 영적 세계와 현실세계의 분리는 있을 수 없다. 바로 그런 점에서 철학상담은 인간의 모든 영역과 능력을 아우르는 종합적인 영역의 복원과 회복이 필요하다. 바로 이런 측면에서 우리는 왕양명 철학의 핵심 개념인 ‘양지(良知)’에 주목할 필요가 있다. 삶을 살아가는 인간에게 통합적인 능력으로서의 제시되는 양지(良知)는 왕양명에게서 ‘본래성’이라고 간주되었지만 오늘날을 살아가는 우리들 대부분이 망각하고 있기에 회복이 요청된다. 감성, 지성 그리고 영성을 포괄하는 통합적인 능력이란 측면에서 양지의 발굴은 오늘날 철학상담의 방향성에 매우 의미 있는 제안이 될 수 있다고 생각한다. 이러한 제안을 위해 본 논문에서는 왕양명의 ‘양지’를 ‘몸의 감각’의 회복, ‘자각적인 사유’의 활성화, 그리고 ’우주적 연대감‘의 복원이라는 측면으로 조명한다.
This article examined closely the Confucian insight of Wang Yang-Ming‘s philosophy and tried to find out the possibility to utilize it for today's philosophical counseling. Through this, this article aimed to make a suggestion on the direction and methodology of philosophical counseling. By the reason psychology broke away from the boundary of philosophy, most of philosophical counseling activities has been done only in rational aspect, excluding the discussions on the sensitivity and emotion of human. Philosophical counseling is to handle the diverse and changeable aspects of human lives. So, for human beings alive, it is hardly persuasive to separate sensitivity, body and real world from rationality, mind and spiritual world. In terms of it, philosophical counseling should recover the integrated scope that includes all the domains and abilities of human. For this, some attentions should be given to Liang-chih(良知), the core concept of Wang Yang-Ming philosophy. Liang-chih(良知), which was required for human as integrated ability, was considered as 'intrinsic property'. As most of modern people forgot it. it needs to be recovered. It can be said that as Liang-chih is an integrated ability covering sensibility, intelligence and spirituality, finding Liang-chih would be very important suggestion to modern philosophical counseling. This article inquired into Liang-chih on the themes of the recovery of 'physical sense', activation of 'self-realizing reasoning' and restoration of 'universal solidarity'.
This article examined closely the Confucian insight of Wang Yang-Ming‘s philosophy and tried to find out the possibility to utilize it for today's philosophical counseling. Through this, this article aimed to make a suggestion on the direction and methodology of philosophical counseling. By the reason psychology broke away from the boundary of philosophy, most of philosophical counseling activities has been done only in rational aspect, excluding the discussions on the sensitivity and emotion of human. Philosophical counseling is to handle the diverse and changeable aspects of human lives. So, for human beings alive, it is hardly persuasive to separate sensitivity, body and real world from rationality, mind and spiritual world. In terms of it, philosophical counseling should recover the integrated scope that includes all the domains and abilities of human. For this, some attentions should be given to Liang-chih(良知), the core concept of Wang Yang-Ming philosophy. Liang-chih(良知), which was required for human as integrated ability, was considered as 'intrinsic property'. As most of modern people forgot it. it needs to be recovered. It can be said that as Liang-chih is an integrated ability covering sensibility, intelligence and spirituality, finding Liang-chih would be very important suggestion to modern philosophical counseling. This article inquired into Liang-chih on the themes of the recovery of 'physical sense', activation of 'self-realizing reasoning' and restoration of 'universal solidarity'.
