Evolutionary Perspective on Suffering: Murase’s Self–nonself Circulation Theory of Life Applied to PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure)

Stefan Büchi () and Masatoshi Murase
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Stefan Büchi: Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics “Hohenegg”
Masatoshi Murase: Kyoto University

Chapter Chapter 19 in Creative Complex Systems, 2021, pp 311-326 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Based on Murase’s seminal theory of living creatures, simple and stable rules govern the dynamic of all life on every level from microscopic to macroscopic systems. The basic dynamic process is a “Self–Nonself circulation”Self–nonself circulation, where the emergence of new paradigms occurs in science through five circumscribed steps. Such steps are deduced from evolutionary processes. This chapter considers how this theory could be applied to the development and therapeutic use of PRISMPictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) and then evaluates how a new visual measure to assess suffering could be obtained utilizing the assessment of the patient’s (Self) relationship with his/her illness (Nonself). Finally a novel understanding of suffering from an evolutionary perspective is presented.

Keywords: Self–nonself circulation; PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure); Therapeutic interaction; Evolutionary theory of suffering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4457-3_19

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