分类：History of Science & Scholarship

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
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”…
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2006年5月26日
Expanded Bibliography on Science and Religion

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.19
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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2006年5月19日
Philosophy of Science Assignment 060519

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.19
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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2006年5月19日
Not a Fool

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.06
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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2006年5月6日
The Reference Books Related to “Science and Religion” Currently on My Bookshelf

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.01
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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2006年5月1日
Demonstrating Chaos with Excel!

History of Science & Scholarship2006.04.28
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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2006年4月28日
The Expansion of “Matter”

History of Science & Scholarship2006.04.27
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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2006年4月27日
A Rambling Talk on Science pp

History of Science & Scholarship2006.04.21
A Rambling Talk on Science pp
Preface The following lecture was written out completely before the actual talk. In the real presentation, because there was, first, no PPT to assist me and, second, my on-the-spot performance was not up to par, I ended up saying much less than I had intended, and did not do very well. Looking at this script should make up for some of that. 《Does God Play Dice》 can be read online at http://book.sina.com.cn/nzt/liangzishihua/. Let’s Begin Because I prepared too thoroughly—I had already written out the whole script—when speaking I might be a bit constrained, and since I can’t use PPT, I’ll have to keep glancing at the text, so please forgive…
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2006年4月21日
Modern Science and Religion (Research Plan)

History of Science & Scholarship2006.04.16
Modern Science and Religion (Research Plan)
No matter what view one takes of the relation between science and religion, examining that relation is unquestionably an important topic in the history of science and in the study of religion. In today’s age of “big science,” and under the demand for dialogue between science and the humanities, discussing the relation between science and religion has a particularly special significance. It must be pointed out that the conflict and harmony between science and religion are not, first of all, something scholars have gone to great lengths to manufacture. Whether conflict or harmony, they are both real-world issues. Even as a purely objective inquiry, one cannot deny that there do…
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2006年4月16日