Author: 胡翌霖

A Survey of the Books I Scored on Kongfuzi This Semester

Life & Notes2006.06.18
A Survey of the Books I Scored on Kongfuzi This Semester
The Adventures of Luzhinsi and Mifal Science and Religion (Barbour) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Carnap) The Worldview of Physicists (Newton Press; Heisenberg) Chaos Semantics and Philosophy Fractal Art A Multi-Purpose Chinese Character Encoding Dictionary The Idea of Time Oxford Selection — Reflections on Logic Oxford Selection — Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Oxford Selection — Since Structuralism Oxford Selection — The Rationalists Oxford Selection — Why We Culture Oxford Selection — Moral Philosophy Chinese Health and Intelligence-Building Qigong: A Volume of Advanced Techniques Nostradamus’s Great Prophecies — Unraveling the Mystery of Humanity’s Destruction in 1999 Dianetics: Self-Adjustment Techniques for the Mind Man Is the Spirit of…
book reading science notes history of science
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2006年6月18日
When one has not yet encountered perplexity, it is enough to act by instinct and feeling; when one encounters bewilderment, one must appeal to reason; and when one meets perplexities that reason still cannot resolve, one has no choice but to appeal once again to instinct and feeling.

Life & Notes2006.06.11
When one has not yet encountered perplexity, it is enough to act by instinct and feeling; when one encounters bewilderment, one must appeal to reason; and when one meets perplexities that reason still cannot resolve, one has no choice but to appeal once again to instinct and feeling.
When one has not yet encountered perplexity, it is enough to act by instinct and sensibility; when one encounters confusion, one must appeal to reason; and when one runs into perplexity that reason still cannot resolve, one can only fall back once more on instinct and sensibility. When does one have to begin using reason, and in what circumstances can one give up reason again? That seems impossible to sort out. Still, once one has appealed to reason and reason has already given a definite answer, then if one still wants to evade it, that is painful; just as it is painful to stubbornly keep searching within reason when reason…
everyday life reason being Kierkegaard
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2006年6月11日
How Can We Promote Technological Innovation?

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.10
How Can We Promote Technological Innovation?
Just as a lightning strike is an extremely accidental event, hard to predict and grasp, people can nonetheless figure out what conditions make lightning more likely to occur. They can then install lightning rods and other facilities to channel possible strikes. Technological innovation is also unpredictable, but people can strive to create environmental conditions conducive to innovation, promote the emergence of innovation, and more effectively bring its effects into play. So how can we create a technological environment favorable to innovation? I think this first requires adhering to a certain “tolerant” attitude. A tolerant attitude applies to many issues; here I will begin with a preliminary discussion from the following…
science history of science scientific spirit scientific method
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2006年6月10日
We Should Not Deny the Progress of Science

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.09
We Should Not Deny the Progress of Science
I have by now basically established my position of pluralism, or, perhaps better put, moderate relativism; the best term for it may be perspectivism. However, just as in environmental ethics “misanthropes” are by no means any lovelier than “anthropocentrists,” relativists in the philosophy of science, if they go too far, are in my eyes even less lovable than dogmatic scientism. Some of the more militant forms of relativism even go so far as to deny scientific progress. In their eyes, science merely keeps jumping back and forth among incommensurable paradigms, and it is impossible to say whether it is approaching truth or not; thus it is also hard to say…
science philosophy of science Plato reason
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2006年6月9日
From Afar It Looks Like Art, Up Close It Looks Like Religion

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.09
From Afar It Looks Like Art, Up Close It Looks Like Religion
There is a philosophical system like this: its grandeur and self-consistency are unparalleled, and not only can it effectively explain the world, it can also significantly transform the world; seen up close, it is founded on the most devout and the purest religious sentiments; seen from farther away, it displays a beauty even more profound and harmonious than any painting or music…… Can you guess what I’m talking about~? June 9, 2006 Piaotuo Cafe Latest Comments zxr 2006-06-17 02:01:27 Science zxr 2006-06-17 02:02:01 What else could it be kaikair 2006-07-13 10:42:18 http://www.magicofsarah.com human civilization itself unic 2006-12-31 23:55:06 I know now, it’s love. I’ve thought of The Art of Loving…
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2006年6月9日
Old-School Peanut Butter Instant Cold Noodles~

Life & Notes2006.06.06
Old-School Peanut Butter Instant Cold Noodles~
Recently the cafeteria has introduced some kind of spicy cold noodles and the like, which really do not suit my taste, so I can’t help thinking nostalgically of Shanghai cold noodles eaten with peanut butter. I also don’t know where in Beijing one can eat Shanghai-style cold noodles…… Just as I was thinking about it, I happened upon a kind of instant noodles—the mixed noodles in the Nanjiecun wet-noodle series. They are said to be non-fried and to use lactic-acid preservation technology, so the noodles come out wet right away and can be eaten mixed together without hot water. What a marvelous world! Even more marvelous is that I actually…
everyday life innovation
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2006年6月6日
How to Fall in Love with Mathematics

Life & Notes2006.06.03
How to Fall in Love with Mathematics
I have never lost interest in anything I once fell in love with. Even when it was not yet love, but merely a passing fondness or interest, the same was true: my hobbies always multiplied. For example, in my freshman year I was drawn to philosophy, psychology, and wandering over to Weiming Lake; in my sophomore year, to religion, philosophy of science, and memorizing Tibetan mantras by rote; in high school, to popular science books, wuxia novels, and philosophy in the first year, to history and turn-based strategy computer games in the second year, to economics, Japanese animation, and buying books in the third year; in middle school, to physics;…
philosophy everyday life Peking University mathematics
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2006年6月3日
Science and Judgment

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.26
Science and Judgment
Bacon believed that the purpose of science was to “torture out nature’s mysteries”; nature must be “pursued relentlessly as she wanders,” made into a “slave,” and “forced to render service.” (This paragraph is from the internet; the source is to be verified.) I For now I will not dwell on the “rape” metaphor for modern science, but instead note that the word “torture” is itself an extremely apt metaphor for a key feature of modern science. In the “rape” metaphor, science’s subject is implied to be “male domination,” while nature, though always “female,” has fallen from “mother” to “female slave”; the “method” of scientific research is “relentless pursuit,” its “attitude”…
science Scientific Revolution nature God
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2006年5月26日
I Must Go into Seclusion and Cultivate Myself for a While!

Life & Notes2006.05.21
I Must Go into Seclusion and Cultivate Myself for a While!
My writing has become far too much! With the accumulation I have at present, I really ought not to be writing so much. I need to rein myself in a bit. No need for my teachers to remind me; I’ve begun to wake up to it myself. The clamor of this age is also reflected in writing—I quite agree. The things I am writing now, apart from assignments and internal exchanges, are mainly written for myself to read. I feel that writing down certain thoughts is very different from merely imagining them in my head; in the process of writing, I can see my own ideas more clearly. Sometimes…
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2006年5月21日
A Preliminary Analysis of the “Surprise Drill Paradox”

Philosophy & Thought2006.05.21
A Preliminary Analysis of the “Surprise Drill Paradox”
A Preliminary Analysis of the “Sudden Drill Paradox” Xingding posted on 2006-05-21 20:45:48 I don’t know whether there is any future in writing this line of thought out… In any case, this topic could either serve as an assignment for the summer course on “paradox studies,” or as the assignment for the current “philosophy of logic” course~ But to turn this piece of writing into a proper paper will still take some effort… A Preliminary Analysis of the “Sudden Drill Paradox,” (Continued) Xingding posted on 2006-05-25 17:24:18 But in any case, I still have not really dissolved this paradox. In fact, the extent to which I have analyzed it should…
philosophy logic paradox
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2006年5月21日