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Author: 胡翌霖

  • Roderick M. Chisholm: Identity through Possible Worlds: Some Questions

    Philosophy & Thought

    Roderick M. Chisholm: Identity through Possible Worlds: Some Questions

    I hadn’t expected that the reading assignment I was given for the philosophy of logic course would be the only one for which I couldn’t find a Chinese translation…………not even an English electronic version was easy to find. At last I found the original PDF version, http://www.jstor.org/view/00294624/di982797/98p0002q/0 I ran it through Hanwang Text King OCR myself, and after some preliminary correction it is as follows. Turning it into an electronic text makes it a little easier to read with the help of Kingsoft PowerWord……but it is still awfully painful……   Identity through Possible Worlds: Some Questions         Roderick M. Chisholm         Noûs, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Mar., 1967), pp. 1-8. Stable…

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  • Expanded Bibliography on Science and Religion

    History of Science & Scholarship

    Expanded Bibliography on Science and Religion

       [Austria] Leib, Zhang Heng, Science and Religion / Social Sciences Academic Press Cao Zengyou / Missionaries and Chinese Science / Religious Culture Press [UK] Richard Dawkins / The Blind Watchmaker / Chongqing Publishing House; Hainan Publishing House [UK] Mick Argyle / An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion / China Renmin University Press [US] Michael Peterson, [US] William Hasker, [US] Bruce Reichenbach, [US] David Basinger / Reason and Religious Belief — An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Third Edition) / China Renmin University Press [Germany] Hanbury Brown / The Wisdom of Science — Its Relations to Culture and Religion / Liaoning Education Press [UK] Alister E. McGrath /…

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  • Philosophy of Science Assignment 060519

    History of Science & Scholarship

    Philosophy of Science Assignment 060519

    1、T→O，O，所以T。自己用真值表验证。 This inference is obviously wrong. “T→O is true” if and only if “it is not the case that T is true and O is false.” When O is true, then no matter what T is, T→O is always true, so O being true is of no help in judging whether T is true or false. On the contrary, the inference “T→O, ¬O, therefore ¬T” is correct. However, the analogy “T→O, O, therefore T” is not suitable for describing actual scientific explanation. Actual scientific explanation is usually still fairly rigorous—though not “absolutely correct,” at least in general it is more worthy of belief than this obviously mistaken logical inference. In…

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  • [Repost][Recommended] Recommended Websites for High-Quality Design Resources

    Site Matters

    [Repost][Recommended] Recommended Websites for High-Quality Design Resources

    Reposted from: http://bbs.tucoo.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=15&ID=2936&page=1 [Recommended] A Recommended Website Collection for Design Materials (updated July 29, with new websites added and dead links removed) Material Worldhttp://www.scsky.cn Classic Desktop Resource Sitehttp://www.mydeskcity.com/ (lots of materials, with a very complete collection of Korean pixel graphics) Xi Manyi http://beauty.xicn.net/jp/index.html  (a picture site I really like) Yindu Tuba http://photo.ayinfo.ha.cn/lingleijp/ (comprehensive, lots of images) Image Library Worldhttp://www.tooqoo.com/  (an enormous number of images) Web Design Treasure Househttp://www.dabaoku.com/sucai/  (there’s just too much stuff……) Material Chinahttp://www.sc-cn.net China Image Networkhttp://www.cnpic.com/"> http://www.cnpic.com/  (complete images) Material Boutiquehttp://www.sucaiw.com/ Material Dictionaryhttp://www.sucaicd.com/ Sky Imageshttp://pics.skyhits.com/ Weichuang Premium Material Libraryhttp://tuku.hdzc.net/default.asp CSCU Image Collection Alliancehttp://cscu.18600.com/   (registration required) Vision Designhttp://www.strongart.net/resourse.asp Sanlian Material Networkhttp://www.3lian.com/(comprehensive) Xiaoxiao Yu Barhttp://sc.xxy8.com/ (comprehensive, recommended~) Designer Material Libraryhttp://219.133.31.232/zsgc/sck/…

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  • Preface to the Fortieth Issue of “Gongqingyuan”

    Life & Notes

    Preface to the Fortieth Issue of “Gongqingyuan”

    Preface After nearly a year of preparation, this issue of Gongqingyuan has finally arrived on schedule! …Though I very much want to say that, the fact is that the publication of this issue of Gongqingyuan was delayed by several months beyond the original plan! As editor-in-chief, I am deeply ashamed. I won’t go into the reasons at length; the main problem was that the layout work had been put off for far too long! By the way, the layout editor for this issue is also me… Let us hope this belated collection will not disappoint everyone too much. I also hope that everyone will, as always, continue to support Gongqingyuan…

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  • The Spirit of Sport and Human Culture

    Culture & Public Commentary

    The Spirit of Sport and Human Culture

    When I was little, I didn’t like sports. On the one hand, I was lazy and didn’t feel like moving; on the other, I thought sports were too “violent,” nowhere near as quiet and elegant as intellectual activities. As a child, I did like playing chess, but what I never really understood was—why does chess count as “sports” too? As I grew older, I gradually came to understand what sports and chess have in common, and I also came to feel more and more deeply the charm of sports. Sports are not merely “exercise,” and even less merely a kind of “violence.” They can stand alongside philosophy, science, religion, and…

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  • Not a Fool

    History of Science & Scholarship

    Not a Fool

    “Not a Fool” — this is the four-character mantra for students of philosophy. Recite it often, when reading and when writing, and you will benefit endlessly! Philosophy is not truth and law; it is a longing for wisdom. Philosophers’ thoughts are all the more prone to error, and may even be more extreme than those of ordinary people. However, philosophers are not fools; even when they are “wrong,” they are often wrong in a “profound” way. When reading philosophers’ ideas, you must always keep in mind that they are by no means fools! And yet the “philosophy” we first encounter in middle school always seems to come with an attitude…

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  • The Reference Books Related to “Science and Religion” Currently on My Bookshelf

    History of Science & Scholarship

    The Reference Books Related to “Science and Religion” Currently on My Bookshelf

    Author Title Translator Editor Publisher Publication date Price Series [UK]Richard Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker Wang Delun Chongqing Publishing House, Hainan Publishing House May 2005 22 [US]Jonathan Wells Icons of Evolution — Science or Myth? Qian Kun, Tang Liming China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing House April 2006 18 Frontier Popular Science Translation Series (Note: there seems to have been an unpublished comment by Teacher Jiang of Xinzhai, but it seems to have been lost.) Gu 2006-05-23 15:14:44  I’m ashamed, ashamed, ashamed… Buying books, piling up books, and reading books are my personal hobby, but I know full well that buying a lot of books, or even reading a…

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  • Demonstrating Chaos with Excel!

    Demonstrating Chaos with Excel!

    Demonstrating Chaos with Excel!
    History of Science & Scholarship

    Demonstrating Chaos with Excel!

    ExhibitingChaos withExcel! For popular science purposes, the advantages of using Excel to demonstrate chaos are obvious: first, Excel is a “household” piece of software, installed on almost every computer, so there is no need for users to specially download fractal software; it is right there at hand. Moreover, Excel is idiot-proof to operate and requires no programming skills whatsoever. At the same time, Excel makes it very easy to generate graphics, and converting them into images, Word documents, PPT files, web pages, and so on is all very convenient. For those encountering fractals for the first time, hands-on operation with Excel is obviously the most direct way to experience them….

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  • The Expansion of “Matter”

    History of Science & Scholarship

    The Expansion of “Matter”

    Whether in everyday language or in philosophy and science, the concept of “matter” is so basic that people mention it frequently, yet rarely probe its precise referent. Like time, space, and other concepts that have become habitual, people have not always agreed on the idea of “matter” throughout history. Today, “matter” as a physics term is usually understood to mean: “anything that has mass and can be perceived and measured; all matter is made up of atoms, and atoms in turn are made up of elementary particles.”[①] In everyday language and philosophical discussion, “matter” is often opposed to “spirit” and “thought,” and is close to, or even used interchangeably with,…

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