分类：History of Science & Scholarship

Quantum Mechanics: Did It Introduce the Observer, or Send God Away?

History of Science & Scholarship2010.03.26
Quantum Mechanics: Did It Introduce the Observer, or Send God Away?
Back when I was in high school, I became interested in philosophy, and to tell the truth it was also by starting with some popular books on quantum mechanics, just as Feynman said: if you think you understand quantum mechanics, then you don’t understand it. The astonishment that quantum mechanics brought me has stayed with me ever since. But then again, though I may be overstepping or even being presumptuous, I still feel that I have some understanding of quantum phenomena; especially after several years of studying philosophy, I have gained quite a few insights. From the standpoint of some of the philosophical ideas I have accepted, quantum phenomena are…
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2010年3月26日
The Naturalization of Mathematics — A Wordplay on the Mechanization of the World Picture

History of Science & Scholarship2010.01.15
The Naturalization of Mathematics — A Wordplay on the Mechanization of the World Picture
What is meant by “a mechanistic world-picture”? Dijksterhuis’s *The Mechanization of the World Picture* revolves around this question. He asks: “When we say this, are we thinking of the meaning of ‘tool’ or ‘machine’ implied by the Greek word μηχανή (that is, of viewing the world [whether or not it includes the human spirit] as a machine)? Or does it mean that natural events can be described by means of concepts and handled through the methods of mechanics, this branch of science (in which case the word is used in a very different sense from its original one, signifying the science of motion)?”[1] In the end, Dijksterhuis gives his answer:…
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2010年1月15日
The Debate between Science and Metaphysics in Educational Modernization: The Case of Zhang Junmai

Enlightenment & the Spirit of Freedom2009.12.30
The Debate between Science and Metaphysics in Educational Modernization: The Case of Zhang Junmai
【Abstract】To define the “Science-CXuan debate” in China’s modernization process as either a dispute between the ancient and the modern, or between East and West, misses the point. The Science-CXuan debate reflects a certain tension internal to the process of modernization itself. What the Xuanxue faction, represented by Zhang Junmai, was proposing was precisely the demand of modernization, or “enlightenment.” At the core of enlightenment lies the education of national character, the cultivation of a free will. What Zhang Junmai was concerned with was not whether science could explain a worldview, but how to cultivate and establish a new worldview. And the establishment of a new worldview, or a new culture,…
China education human nature paper
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2009年12月30日
On the Intrinsic Reasons for the Integration of the Mathematical-Traditional and Experimental Traditions

History of Science & Scholarship2009.12.28
On the Intrinsic Reasons for the Integration of the Mathematical-Traditional and Experimental Traditions
Sender: EPR (Gu Bu | JOKER | Pingtian Dasheng | the homebody who wants to become the Pirate King), Board: KXTS标　 Subject: My own conjecture about the second essay question Posting site: Peking University Weiming BBS (2009-12-28 22:20:24, Monday), internal message This year’s short-answer questions were relatively easy. The first essay question was a homework problem from previous years, and the third homework question was fairly open-ended. Only the second question was especially difficult; I was completely stumped by it at first. Still, it is quite interesting. Although I didn’t set the question, I also want to try to guess at a possible line of thought. First, the question asks…
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2009年12月28日
Miscellaneous Notes from the Nanning Phenomenology and Philosophy of Technology Conference I

History of Science & Scholarship2009.12.02
Miscellaneous Notes from the Nanning Phenomenology and Philosophy of Technology Conference I
Last week’s salon was suspended because I ran off to attend this conference instead (next week, of course, it will resume as usual). This was, in a sense, the first formal academic conference I have ever attended in my life—so I suppose I went to broaden my horizons. From a purely academic standpoint, the conference wasn’t very interesting. But of course, as I see it, the so-called academic conference is first and foremost socializing, second tourism, third scholarship; and in some conferences, the effects in terms of fame and profit are even higher up the list. Our conference, however one looks at it, still had some academic payoff. As for…
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2009年12月2日
November 2009 Nanning Phenomenology and Philosophy of Technology Photo Album

History of Science & Scholarship2009.12.01
November 2009 Nanning Phenomenology and Philosophy of Technology Photo Album
http://www.ycool.com/photo.php?uid=1062487&paid=1307001 Posting the link first; I’ll organize it later。。。
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2009年12月1日
Media · Sensation · Space-Time — A Preliminary Inquiry into McLuhan’s Media Ontology

History of Science & Scholarship2009.11.08
Media · Sensation · Space-Time — A Preliminary Inquiry into McLuhan’s Media Ontology
Although I’m said to write articles very quickly, that quickness has conditions: that is to say, only after I’ve dawdled and dawdled and dawdled until the very last moment can I possibly squeeze out a paper at lightning speed…… This time I’ve finally squeezed it out again at the last possible moment; as for how effective it is…… well…… I don’t care anymore…… entering dead-pig-doesn’t-fear-boiling-water mode…… Media•Sensation•Space-Time ——A Preliminary Inquiry into McLuhan’s Media Ontology Abstract: The basic position or method of McLuhan’s media theory can appropriately be called “media ontology.” In McLuhan’s view, media are not neutral channels for the transmission of information between subjects, or between subject and object;…
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2009年11月8日
Communication and Chess

History of Science & Scholarship2009.09.12
Communication and Chess
At times, people put to me a question in different ways: in communication, how do I view or handle the status relation between the two sides of a dialogue? For instance, in speaking with teachers and elders, must one inevitably look up to them, or, correspondingly, when speaking with juniors, does one unconsciously have to look down from a position of superiority? This is especially so lately with some younger students who communicate with me: they cannot help but face such a contradiction. They expect some kind of equal dialogue and do not wish always to be in a weak position, yet to try to counter my own forcefulness in…
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2009年9月12日
How to Reason with Emotion

History of Science & Scholarship2009.07.07
How to Reason with Emotion
Feeling and reasoning seem to be two utterly opposed things; many people would think that a good argument ought not to be mixed too much with private feelings, and that the intrusion of subjective feeling will make a paper bad. Of course, broadly speaking, that is not wrong. Good papers at least seem cold; apart from the opening and the closing, they rarely contain any lyrical sentences. Still, leaving aside scientific and technical papers, as far as philosophy is concerned, I believe the best philosophical papers must be saturated with the author’s personal feelings. The key lies in how to infuse feeling, and absolutely not in how to drive feeling…
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2009年7月7日
When Reading a Philosopher, One Must Pay Attention Not Only to What He Says on the Surface, but Also to the Emotions and Intentions Lurking Behind His Words.

History of Science & Scholarship2009.06.19
When Reading a Philosopher, One Must Pay Attention Not Only to What He Says on the Surface, but Also to the Emotions and Intentions Lurking Behind His Words.
When reading a philosopher, one must pay attention not only to what he says literally, but also to the emotions and intentions lurking behind his words. This is where the key and the pleasure of interpreting philosophical texts lie. Of course, if we are to interpret a text by means of the text itself, extracting what the philosopher said is only the most elementary procedure. But if your interpretation is merely a straightforward paraphrase of the philosopher’s views, then what is the point of such an interpretation anyway?—and by “point” I always mean both “meaning” and “interest.” If you can express a philosopher’s thought in a more concise and lucid…
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2009年6月19日