Considering that *Early Greek Science* is not all that fun, and that Mr. Wu’s general history of science and selected classics reading courses never got as far as ancient Greece, I figured we might as well wait and see for now. The temporary reading material I brought today was Mr. Wu’s *Lectures on the Philosophy of Technology*. I specially bought four copies yesterday as backups, and everyone who came today got a free book—first come, first served~~ But in the end only two copies were given out (the other two people already had copies, so there was no need to give them one). So the two classmates who had just received the book started browsing it on the spot, ready to toss out comments at any time. Although in fact the two of them had very little in the way of mockery or questions, it was still pretty good overall. The topics we talked about today seemed rather wide-ranging, from the “un-” essence of technology to the issue of “0,” the chicken-and-egg problem, the problem of the set of real numbers, and so on. We also touched on relativity, phenomenology, anthropology, feminism, and various other odds and ends. But we still haven’t had a discussion that is especially focused or in-depth, and of course that is partly my fault for being underprepared. Next time I should follow Mr. Wu’s example and prepare a number of questions about the reading material myself to ask.
According to the original plan, in addition to the general history of science and reading threads this semester, I also want to invite everyone to give several small presentations. I myself will contribute one on modern and contemporary China (the westward spread of Western learning), B-classmate may be able to contribute one presentation from the “Chinese society” course, and other classmates’ course papers and the like will also be drafted in for presentations by me. Of course, sign-ups are also welcome~
PS: the remark jr made when leaving today was truly exquisite, XDDD~~
Spotted hanging around here today: jr/byz/sjc/dr
Possible topic next time: continue the discussion and mockery related to *Lectures on the Philosophy of Technology*, as well as further reading on ancient Greece, which has not yet been determined.
Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.
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