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  • Ouyang Zhiyuan
  • Ph.D., Professor, Superviser of Ph.D. Candidate
  • Research Field: Ecophilosophy; Science and Technology and social development

Personal Data:

OUYANG Zhi-yuan ,Male,the Han nationality , was born in September 1947 in Ya’an Sichuan .He obtained BA in Physics ,and ph.D in Philosophy of Science and Technology in Renmin university of China in 1992. He worked as a senior interview scholar in Moscow state university of Russia from 2000 to 2001.Now he works as a professor and a tutor for ph..D students in Science and Technology Philosophy teaching and research section of Philosophy Institute of Renmin University of China. Concurrent post :director of studies in Dialectics of Nature ,vice director of philosophy of geoscience of studies in Dialectics of Nature.

Research Direction :
1) ecophilosophy
2) Science and Technology and social development

Offer Courses in the College:
1)  course for college students : an introduction of modern Science and Technology
2) course for postgraduate students :theory of the sustainable development ;methodology of scientific research ;writing norm about research paper

Accademic Accomplishment:

1) Representative works
(1) “Ecological Balance----the Essence and Direction of the Third Industrial Revolution”(Beijing : Renmin university of China press,1994).This book was taken shape by the ph..D academic paper (this paper was replied in 1992).This book fought against “information society”, and raised that not Information Revolution but ecological Industrial Revolution was the third Industrial Revolution after Agriculture Revolution and Industrial Revolution for the first time. The author raised “four forms ”about technological social formation ,it included“gathering and hunting society(采猎业社会)----Agriculture society----Industrial society ---- Ecological Industrial society”. This viewpoint was classified as one of the “20th trend of thought in world ” by academic circles.
(2) “the Last Consume ----Self-destory and Remedy about Civilization”(Beijing : Renmin Press,2000).This book is the accomplishment of social science fund research items. In the later 20th ,there was a heated argument between “technological pessimism” and “technological optimism ”about the development prospect of the world in the western academic circles, this problem hasn’t been absolved .This book utilized successful “principle of entropy increasing”, and relation of unity of opposites about “finite” and “infinite”, and raised a creative idea. This book raised imagination about resolving fundamental the problem of construction of the sustainable development consuming culture.
(3) “The Earthen-cup of the ‘God’----Cultural Diversity and Biological Diversity”(Beijing :Renmin Press,2003).This book is the achievement in the human and society studies research item of the Chinese education department .The relation between cultural diversity and biological diversity is an important matter paid close attention by international society ,but there is no convincing demonstration still. This book made a more comprehensive discussion using the newest achievements of molecular biology and ecology , and the complementarity principle that is produced by quantum mechanics.

2) Representative papers

(1) “the Problem about Subject System of Ecology” ( “Studies in Dialectics of Nature”,1996,No.4).This paper clarifies the two concepts of ecology and environmental science that has been confused for a long time ,and structures the modern ecology subject system that includes human ecology .
(2) “Subject System and Category of Philosophy of Geoscience ” (“Studies in Dialectics of Nature”,1998,No.5).This paper expounds the exist basis of earth science and philosophy of geoscience ,puts forward four categories owned by philosophy of geoscience “realistic prospect and anti-evolution(反演) prospect”, “surface layer knowledge and deep layer knowledge”, “distribution and construction” and “human being and earth”.
(3) “Based on administering flood, building ‘ChangJiang ecological economy belt’ ” (Science & Technology Review,1998,No.11 ).This paper puts forward many original viewpoint to ChangJiang flood and a contemplates that is “ChangJiang ecological economy belt”, and it is differ from “ChangJiang golden water course economy belt”. This paper was red over by leading comrades of the central authorities.
(4) “The Dialectical Thinking Should Be Used in Solving the Water Shortage in the North of China”(Science & Technology Review,2000,No.11).This paper uses the thoughts of dialectics of nature ,deeply analysis the cause of water shortage in the North of the China ,makes conclusion that the solution to the problem should weigh the interests of the whole ,the best program is not “南水北调”,but store and save water and control the abnormal population gather.
(5) “To Establish the Educational System Adaptable to Sustainable Development”(Science & Technology Review,2001,No.10) This paper puts forward that fake products and ecological environment have become the hinder of Chinese economy .The nature of the two problems is the destroy of the resource ,further nature is the human quality. “Not 应试教育(education for test) but “应景教育”is the reverse side of the quality education ,but the important problem of education is to solve the problem of eager for quick success and instant benefit. This paper was red over by leading comrades of the central authorities.
(6) “On a kind of Saving Economical System ----In commemorate of publication of “China’s Agenda 21” (Journal of Renmin University of China,2004,No.3) This paper puts forward that the important problem of sustainable development is to improve the resource utilization ratio. This is a kind of thought of environmental protection .In order to improve the resource utilization ratio, the key is to built a economize economy system that includes full utilization resources, reprocess utilization and appropriate consumerism. It includes resource circulation to a certain extent, but the two is not equal on the whole.

2) Chief Editor
(1) Executive chief editor. social development research report 1 of China by Renmin university of China (1994-1995). Beijing: Renmin university of China press, 1996.
(2) Executive chief editor. social development research report 2 of China by Renmin university of China (1996-1997). Beijing: Renmin university of China press, 1998.