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Implication of Korean Traditional Epistemology in Planning Theory: Focusing on the Pragmatic Philosophy of Silhak
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(Vol.46 No.4 Winter 2006 pp.168~191)
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Jun EuhHa, Cho KyuYoung, and Lee
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Abstract
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The objective of this paper is to investigate the development of Silhak
as an Eastern epistemology, the implications of Silhak in Korean society,
and to discover further planning implications. More specifically, we
present the Silhak philosophersĄ¯ aporia of symbiotic rationality from
the sociological normative perspective, focusing particularly on DasanĄ¯s
ontology. A consideration of the values of Korean traditional Silhak
epistemology would have many implications for the normative aspects
of planning theory. First of all, Silhak philosophy argues that society
should be understood as a part of an organism that has reciprocal relationships
between its components. Second, the pragmatic tendency of
Silhak is substantive, in that it pursues a method of improving peoplesĄ¯
lives and national power—not a technical methodology—efficiently and
practically within its organic realities. SilhakĄ¯s adaptation in a changing
society to meet the dynamic balance through material and spiritual reform is the third implication for the normative aspects of planning practices in Korea.
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| Keywords:
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Silhak, epistemology, planning theory, Korea, Dasan
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| About the author(s)
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Jun EunHa (Jeon, Eun-ha) is a researcher at the Institute of Regional Planning and
Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University. E-mail: bangrr99@snu.ac.kr.
Cho KyuYoung (Jo, Gyu-yeong) is Associate Professor of Urban Information Engineering
at Anyang University. E-mail: kyuyoung@anyang.ac.kr.
Lee SeongWoo (Yi, Seong-u) is Corresponding Author of this paper and Associate Professor
of Program in Community Development and the Institute of Regional Planning
and Lanscape Architecture at Seoul National University. E-mail: seonglee@snu.ac.kr.
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