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The Dialectics of Nature Course Taught by the Teachers

Life & Notes2007.05.24
The Dialectics of Nature Course Taught by the Teachers
First, let me repost a thread: Sender: fengziforeve (Expired pineapple can～CME! U.S.-Russia! Little optics 。。), board: Philo From start to finish, I had never seen such an utterly top-notch, depraved “teacher” before. It felt to me like he was basically a psychopath; I have no idea how he became a teacher. Before class, he announced that there would be no homework for this session, and that if anyone didn’t want to listen, they could just leave. Then he went on to say that since you came to class, you should pay attention; if you didn’t want to listen, then leave—it wouldn’t affect your grade. Then, just as class was about…
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2007年5月24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…
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2007年5月1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,…
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2007年4月27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….
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2007年4月17日
Reposted from the Department Version: Should a World-Class University Prioritize Academic Research or Teaching?

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.27
Reposted from the Department Version: Should a World-Class University Prioritize Academic Research or Teaching?
… March 30 18:00—18:50 Pro: School of Mathematics and Statistics — To build a world-class university, academic research should come first Con: Philosophy — To build a world-class university, education and teaching should come first ______________________________________________________________________________ … … … Sender: EPR (Jingzhong), Group: Philo Title: Re: Schedule for the semifinals (please pin this) (reposted) Station: Peking University Weiming BBS (Tuesday, March 27, 2007 15:21:52), internal message Of course a university should prioritize education; the people in a university are called “professors” and “lecturers,” so if they neither teach nor lecture, what are they for? But then one doesn’t know what the administrators in a university are for; it seems as…
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2007年3月27日
[U.S.] Charles Simpson: “Doing Scholarship Honestly—From Freshman to Professor”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.01.26
[U.S.] Charles Simpson: “Doing Scholarship Honestly—From Freshman to Professor”
[U.S.] Charles Simpson: “Doing Scholarship Honestly — From Freshman Year to Professor,” trans. Gao Yuanbao and Li Xiaojie, East China Normal University Press, July 2006 This book is utterly meaningless to me, but I still bought it: first, to keep as part of my collection; second, to see whether it was worth recommending to others (the verdict: not much need). The book is simply about the most basic standards of integrity and norms in college study and research. Honesty is not a skill, but merely an attitude; many things ought to be known without being taught. Of course, after all, young people’s self-awareness is not always sufficient, so these old…
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2007年1月26日
A Brief Discussion of the Popularization of Philosophy (Final Published Version)

Philosophy & Thought2006.11.27
A Brief Discussion of the Popularization of Philosophy (Final Published Version)
Theoretical Weekly, Page 12, November 27, 2006, Guangming Daily http://www.gmw.cn/01gmrb/2006-11/27/content_513411.htm http://www.gmw.cn/01gmrb/2006-11/27/4453_b.htm In our country, work on the popularization of philosophy once received a high degree of attention and produced enormous influence, though of course it also had certain problems and shortcomings. Since the 1990s, owing to changes in philosophy’s status, work on popularizing philosophy has no longer been taken seriously, and an academicized orientation has become the sole pursuit, bringing with it even more problems. This article offers a few of my personal views, in the hope of prompting people to rethink this issue. Both philosophy and science need popularization; that is to say, they need to enable people outside…
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2006年11月27日
On the A Yi “Crying Poor” Incident

Life & Notes2006.10.06
On the A Yi “Crying Poor” Incident
The so-called “Peking University associate professor crying poverty” incident has become quite a sensation lately; for the specifics, a quick search online will tell you. The original blog post should be: http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48dcce8e0100061k The follow-up journalist interview can be seen at: http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48dcce8e01000687 After reading these two pieces, I still have some sympathy for this associate professor. The fact that teachers’ pay is not high is indeed a problem, and from the current reform trend in the educational system—for example, the personnel system reforms causing such a fuss at Peking University—I do not see any obvious tendency for professors’ situation to improve. Professors’ income depends on moonlighting; professors’ professional titles depend on…
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2006年10月6日
On Learning Middle School Mathematics

Life & Notes2006.10.05
On Learning Middle School Mathematics
I had wanted to write this article before the summer vacation, but I never got around to it…… A teacher once said: if you can’t learn math well, you’re stupid; if you can’t learn English well, you’re lazy. I am obviously a lazy person, but apparently not stupid…… But in fact, although doing mathematics does indeed depend heavily on a certain kind of talent, and the fact that men are better at math than women is hard to deny, just as women are better at language than men, the influence of talent may show up more clearly in top-level mathematics competitions. For the mathematics required in elementary and middle school,…
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2006年10月5日
Everything Is Unprepared, Yet the East Wind Blows Quite Fiercely—Disappointed Once Again in Education Reform

Culture & Public Commentary2006.08.30
Everything Is Unprepared, Yet the East Wind Blows Quite Fiercely—Disappointed Once Again in Education Reform
Hayek: In this world, there is always a difference between treating people equally and trying to make them equal. The former is a prerequisite of a free society, while the latter, as Tocqueville described it, means “a new form of servitude.” This passage is truly well put. Freedom, democracy, equality—these concepts sound stirring, and of course they are all good words. Yet how exactly are they to be understood, and how are they to be pursued? That is a big question. The United States, waving the banner of freedom and democracy, carries out its “new form of servitude” across the globe, and in China, too, the concept of equality is…
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2006年8月30日