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

In: Creative Complex Systems

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  • Stefan Büchi

    (Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics “Hohenegg”
    Privatklinik Hohenegg
    Kyoto University)

  • Masatoshi Murase

    (Kyoto University
    Kyoto University)

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.

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  • Stefan Büchi & Masatoshi Murase, 2021. "Evolutionary Perspective on Suffering: Murase’s Self–nonself Circulation Theory of Life Applied to PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure)," Creative Economy, in: Kazuo Nishimura & Masatoshi Murase & Kazuyoshi Yoshimura (ed.), Creative Complex Systems, chapter 0, pages 311-326, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:crechp:978-981-16-4457-3_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4457-3_19
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