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Revering Science

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.14
Revering Science
Besides “reverence for life” and “reverence for nature,” I wonder whether one can also propose a “reverence for technology.” For scientistic thinkers, in their attitude toward technology, “reverence” is in excess while “awe” is lacking. They regard technology as a power belonging to human beings themselves; their “worship of technology” is in fact self-worship, blind confidence in their own power. Their “reverence” does not really include true respect either, because they do not understand genuine humility. And yet they are immersed in worship of the mighty force displayed by technology, ignoring the fact that the stronger something is, the more dangerous it is. For extreme anti-scientific thinkers, by contrast,…
technology science scientism tech ethics
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Mar 14, 2006
Finding Life’s Truths in Scientific Laws (I)

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.13
Finding Life’s Truths in Scientific Laws (I)
Gleaning Life Lessons from Scientific Laws Why I Started Writing This I had planned long ago to write a long essay on “science and value,” but when exactly I will finish such an essay is anyone’s guess. In any case, it will take at least until I am in graduate school, because this topic deserves at least a book, and it also requires a great deal of accumulated work. Philosophy is not merely epistemology, and even less merely linguistic analysis; philosophy should at least include three parts: ontology, epistemology, and axiology. So-called “philosophy of science” should of course not be limited to “what is science,” and even less should it…
science philosophy of science Newton morality
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Mar 13, 2006
Some Reflections on Confucius’s Birthday and China’s Teachers’ Day

Culture & Public Commentary2006.03.11
Some Reflections on Confucius’s Birthday and China’s Teachers’ Day
At this year’s Two Sessions, CPPCC members Li Hanqiu, Wei Minglun, and others proposed that China’s Teachers’ Day should be changed from the current September 10 to September 28, Confucius’s birthday. Once again, the topic of Confucius and China’s Teachers’ Day has drawn people’s attention. In fact, Taiwan adopted Confucius’s birthday as Teachers’ Day quite early, and on the mainland the call to change Teachers’ Day is by no means something that only became lively at this year’s Two Sessions. Last September, Mr. Hu Xingdou, professor of economics at Beijing Institute of Technology (peace ambassador of the Global Peace Alliance, council member of the World Chinese Exchange Association), initiated and…
culture history education ritual
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Mar 11, 2006
Could It Be That My Article “Gongqingyuan” Cannot Be Used?

Life & Notes2006.03.10
Could It Be That My Article “Gongqingyuan” Cannot Be Used?
When I mentioned to ZW that I could take ready-made articles from my blog and put them in Qinggongyuan, ZW said, “Spare us~” Sigh, sigh… are my articles really so unbearable to everyone? I’m rather hurt here~~~ Most of the complete articles on my blog are just casual reflections anyway; to say that these few articles of mine are “too academic” is simply absurd. They’re all written very casually, and they’re still far from any “academic” level. Of course, whether the quality of the articles is too poor to make it into Qinggongyuan I’m not quite sure; it’s very hard to judge one’s own writing objectively. As editor-in-chief, I originally…
everyday life tradition Confucianism Gongqingyuan
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Mar 10, 2006
Exercises for Philosophy of Science: Chapter One

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.09
Exercises for Philosophy of Science: Chapter One
[U.S.]Alex Rosenberg: *Philosophy of Science—A Contemporary Advanced Text*, trans. Liu Huajie, Shanghai Scientific & Technical Education Press, November 2004 Chapter 1 1 This chapter begins with a potentially controversial philosophical definition. Please propose another definition of philosophy, one that can reveal the unity of the different parts of this field, such as metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics and political philosophy, aesthetics, and so on. The “definition” at the beginning of this chapter is: “… philosophy of science is necessarily a central issue of concern to both philosophers and scientists. According to this definition, philosophy mainly considers questions that science cannot currently answer or perhaps can never answer, and further considers why…
philosophy China science history of science
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Mar 9, 2006
Four Ways of Understanding the Question of Whether Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Scientific

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.04
Four Ways of Understanding the Question of Whether Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Scientific
The topic of whether Chinese medicine is scientific involves far too much; every one of the “small topics” involved is big enough in itself! Before talking about it, it may be worth reflecting a little first. On what understanding of the question itself does one actually base one’s discussion? If everyone is approaching it from different points of focus and discussing the issue from their own angles, it is very easy to get tangled up. I think that, regarding “whether Chinese medicine is scientific,” there are at least four different perspectives: The first angle is something like asking whether psychology is scientific, whether astrology is scientific, whether the ancient Chinese…
culture science philosophy of science Tian Song
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Mar 4, 2006
I read a crank-science paper… @_@

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.03
I read a crank-science paper… @_@
Today I finally, astonishingly, read through an entire paper by a “popular-science crank”: http://hk.netsh.com/eden/bbs/6214/html/tree_7386694.html Alas, every paper by a popular-science crank is a classic. They have quite distinctive features: their first-order research is a mess, but their second-order research is actually quite meaningful. Since reading 《Four-Dimensional Mechanics》 back in high school, this is once again the chance encounter that has led me to a complete popular-science-crank article; revisiting it a bit is fine too, fortunately I still remember what a popular-science crank is all about…… First let me quote a few funny lines: This paper is the product of the author’s many years of thought, and has recently been thoroughly…
book reading notes Scientific Revolution Liu Huajie
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Mar 3, 2006
G. E. R. Lloyd: Early Greek Science—From Thales to Aristotle

Philosophy & Thought2006.03.01
G. E. R. Lloyd: Early Greek Science—From Thales to Aristotle
G·E·R·Lloyd: Early Greek Science—From Thales to Aristotle, translated by Sun Xiaochun, Shanghai Science and Technology Education Press, December 2004 pp. 62–63 Even so, one fundamental difference did in fact set most medical writers apart from philosophers, and this difference lay not in the kinds of theories they proposed, nor in the methods they used, but in the different motives behind their investigations. ………… Unlike philosophers, doctors ultimately had a practical goal before them, as the author of On Ancient Medicine says: medicine is a craft, and practitioners vary in their skill. The final aim in doctors’ minds was in fact to cure illness. p. 121 As I said at the…
book reading notes philosophy of science Aristotle
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Mar 1, 2006
Medicine and Science—A Reflection on the Question of Whether Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Scientific

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.28
Medicine and Science—A Reflection on the Question of Whether Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Scientific
Reflecting on the question of whether Chinese medicine is scientific, I found myself, quite involuntarily, drawn into the dispute over whether there was science in ancient China. That is not really off the point; many articles discussing whether there was science in ancient China also mention Chinese medicine. However, getting caught up in the discussion of Needham’s problem is not the only way to approach the question “Is Chinese medicine scientific?” In fact, even those who believe there was science in ancient China may still think Chinese medicine is “unscientific,” or at least “not scientific enough.” In discussing whether Chinese medicine is scientific, because of a difference in perspective, another…
China science history of science traditional Chinese medicine
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Feb 28, 2006
Liu Huajie: “Not Everything Enshrined in the Hall Is a Buddha” (Including Some Free Thoughts on Needham’s Question)

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.27
Liu Huajie: “Not Everything Enshrined in the Hall Is a Buddha” (Including Some Free Thoughts on Needham’s Question)
Liu Huajie: “What Is Offered in the Hall Is Not All Buddha,” Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, January 2004 This is one of Liu teacher’s more recent personal essay collections, and it is just as interesting as ever. These books are all to be read as “novels.” I noticed that in the essay “The Influence of Cultural Traditions on Science,” Liu teacher responds to Mr. Qi Zesong’s argument that “the rise of modern science has little to do with, or nothing to do with, Greek civilization.” Liu teacher points out: “The emergence of modern science was not merely a simple process of accumulating specific bodies of knowledge; it is more likely…
book reading culture notes history of science
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Feb 27, 2006

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