Author: 胡翌霖

On “the Sublime”

Philosophy & Thought2007.05.01
On “the Sublime”
Reply to UINC’s second question: “How do you view human morality? Do you believe that an absolute, sublime morality exists?” This question is really too broad—especially the first half, which basically requires a review of my views on ethics. However, my ethical position has not yet truly taken shape, so I can only talk about some scattered, immature ideas. “Sublime” is a word I quite like, and in fact this word is neglected in mainstream modern normative ethics, because they are more concerned with the minimum moral norm than with the highest pursuit of virtue. And since I lean toward virtue ethics, the first thing I have to do is…
philosophy pluralism virtue
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2007年5月1日
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: An Interpretation of the University

Culture & Public Commentary2007.05.01
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: An Interpretation of the University
One Interpretation of the University 2007-04-28 09:19:49 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c5bb42010009ql Tags: university Confucianism education general education personality formation one interpretation of the university Mei Yiqi [Tsinghua Journal] (The main text omitted) Comments (16)┆Quotation┆Reads (45)┆Circle┆Print┆Rewarded Report Article Comments The following comments from netizens represent only their personal views and do not represent the views or position of Sina.com [anonymous] Xinzhai Old Jiang 2007-04-28 16:39:14 Tired from working, I’ve come up to chat a few words: my office is Xinzhai, so I took it as a condition for my screen name, because among the teachers working in Xinzhai, I’m the only one surnamed Jiang. Next door are Mingzhai and Shanzhai, and in front are…
culture education Confucianism university
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2007年5月1日
This Issue’s Music: George Winston – The Earth – Holding Your Hand

Life & Notes2007.04.29
This Issue’s Music: George Winston – The Earth – Holding Your Hand
http://hyl510.googlepages.com/04.MP3 George Winston: “Earth” George Winston: PLAIN 4. Put Your Hand in Mine / Waltz for a Little Girl Give Me Your Hand/La Valse Since I said my favorite instrument is the piano (though that is not entirely true; it depends on my mood), let me post a pure piano piece. Recently I’ve been listening to Royal Piano Classics, solo piano from the classical repertoire; it’s quite good. But considering that I should make the music I post as varied as possible, I chose a New Age piece. George Winston’s piano pieces generally do not emphasize piano technique, but are good at expressing the breath of nature and human feeling,…
everyday life music art
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2007年4月29日
[Repost] What Do Philosophy Graduates Go On to Do?

Life & Notes2007.04.27
[Repost] What Do Philosophy Graduates Go On to Do?
古雴 I’m reposting some information here (slightly revised according to later additions) Sender: anthonyricky (迷花倚书不倚石), Philo section Subject: Re: Asking for advice on where philosophy graduates go Posted at Peking University Weiming BBS (Monday, April 16, 2007, 23:00:30), forwarded 2002 cohort, graduated in 2006, undergraduate students My own incomplete statistics 40 people in the class 9 sent on to graduate study within the department (direct PhD track), 3 recommended to graduate study at Peking University outside the department (two to the School of Marxism, one to the School of Government) Recommended to other universities: 1 to Renmin University, 1 to Nankai 3 to the United States, 1 to Canada,…
philosophy everyday life scholarship education
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2007年4月27日
Outline for a Discussion of the Philosophy of Religion: Does the Sacred Reality in Religious Experience Really Exist? How Can We Know?

Philosophy & Thought2007.04.27
Outline for a Discussion of the Philosophy of Religion: Does the Sacred Reality in Religious Experience Really Exist? How Can We Know?
I am a scholar of philosophy of science, so let me begin with a few examples related to science: First question: Can we experience “force,” or how do we experience it? The concept of “force” is used extremely widely: we speak of gravity, pressure, magnetic force, tensile force, and so on. But how do we experience or come to know the existence of “force”? In fact, we do not directly feel “force.” When we touch or weigh something with our hands, we may say that we feel pressure or gravity, but in fact all that happens is that our sense of touch is stimulated in certain ways. And at other…
philosophy faith Aristotle religion
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2007年4月27日
Chewing on Pure Critique by the Shores of Weiming Lake

Life & Notes2007.04.22
Chewing on Pure Critique by the Shores of Weiming Lake
Gnawing Pure Critique by the Side of Weiming Lake Gu Chi posted on 2007-04-22 19:18:50 April 14, 11:30 a.m., Langrun Garden April 15, 1:18 p.m., Langrun Garden April 15, 11:40 a.m., Langrun Garden (a cat was wandering around me; just as I was about to take its picture, it ran off) April 17, 2:47 p.m., Langrun Garden April 17, 3:56 p.m., Langrun Garden (that water-spraying thing has been on the whole time, sigh…) April 18, 12:15 p.m., Langrun Garden (willow catkins were flying all over the sky; I sat for a while and then left) April 18, 12:24 p.m., Weiming Lake (after leaving Langrun Garden, I wandered over here instead,…
philosophy everyday life poetry
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2007年4月22日
This Issue’s Music: Various – Medley (Traditional strathspey)

Life & Notes2007.04.18
This Issue’s Music: Various – Medley (Traditional strathspey)
http://www.ycnow.com/atts/200702/Music/45VpA4xH.MP3 The Eternal Harp 永恆的豎琴 1. Various – Medley (Traditional strathspey) A harp album I came across some time ago while looking for Irish music. If a flute is like the sound of wind, then the zither is like the sound of rain. Basically, that means I am, after all, an incarnation of rain. I’m not the sort of person who goes mad over music, but I do get a certain kind of feeling from it. Where that feeling comes from, I can’t quite say. This album is basically Celtic-style harp music. Some pieces are Irish folk music, others Scottish. They all sound pretty good, and I couldn’t decide what…
everyday life culture tradition music
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2007年4月18日
Are There Hierarchies of Value, Higher and Lower, Noble and Mean?

Philosophy & Thought2007.04.18
Are There Hierarchies of Value, Higher and Lower, Noble and Mean?
In response to UINC’s question. Questions in ethics and morality are very difficult to discuss. As Teacher Cheng said, many great philosophers only expressed opinions on ethical questions in the later period of their academic lives, when their entire philosophical systems had reached maturity. For the likes of us, insignificant nobodies, it is even less realistic to expect to have anything like definite views on ethical questions very early on—especially since many questions are never something one can gain deep insight into while still young. Young people will always be confused; if one is not confused at all, that in itself is abnormal. Confucius said that at thirty he stood…
philosophy pluralism virtue Confucius
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2007年4月18日
Student salons are still worth doing

Life & Notes2007.04.17
Student salons are still worth doing
At today’s teaching discussion meeting, the matter of last year’s student salon came up by chance. It was held three times and then no more. As for why it was stopped, ZW seemed to have said something about the reasons; I wasn’t paying close attention. But after I got back, I kept thinking about it, and I always felt it was a pity that the student salon had been discontinued. From what Teacher Li said, the department still planned to provide support, which shows that the halt would not have been caused by obstacles from the department; the main issue was that the students no longer wanted to do it….
everyday life scholarship education public sphere
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2007年4月17日
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Is Palmistry Materialism?

History of Science & Scholarship2007.04.16
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Is Palmistry Materialism?
It seems like a fallacy 1: Is palm reading materialism? 2007-04-08 10:37:38 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c5bb42010009el For many years now, there have been many muddled notions popular in China that need to be cleared up slowly. For example, many people regard reading palms to predict fate as idealism and criticize it. Whether predicting fate by palm reading is accurate and effective, I have not studied it, so I dare not offer a verdict. The information on the palm may be able to reflect fate; in theory that is not easy to accept and is hard to reconcile with modern science. But even if it is superstition, nonsense, and utter rubbish, does it therefore…
science Marx scientism materialism
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2007年4月16日