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Personality Philosophy vs. Propositional Philosophy: On the Inevitability of the Decline of Continental Philosophy and the Immortality of Its Significance

History of Science & Scholarship2019.04.20
Personality Philosophy vs. Propositional Philosophy: On the Inevitability of the Decline of Continental Philosophy and the Immortality of Its Significance
I had mentioned this in passing on Weibo before, and because it was rather short, I didn’t plan to put it on the blog. Yesterday, at the small reading group, this question came up again, and after thinking it over I decided to post it after all, since it is ultimately a question about the basic orientation of philosophy. Byzantines Should Regard Themselves as Romans As a student of Wu, my philosophical position is of course inclined toward continental phenomenology, but in fact I am not very willing to call myself a phenomenologist or a continental philosopher. It is much like how, after the division of the Eastern and Western…
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2019年4月20日
From Deep to Shallow—Summary of the Introduction to Philosophy of Technology Course

Teaching & Courses2019.01.31
From Deep to Shallow—Summary of the Introduction to Philosophy of Technology Course
The second course I taught for undergraduates at Tsinghua, “Introduction to Philosophy of Technology,” has now come to a fairly successful close. I had already posted a summary of comments on the assignments for “Introduction to Philosophy of Technology”. Now let me give a proper summary. Overall Design This course, together with the earlier General History of Technology, is one of the two general-education courses I have been “scheming” to build. Once I have taught these two courses well, I may also try offering courses such as “General History of Science,” or “History of the Industrial Revolution,” “Introduction to Philosophy of Science,” and “History of Science and Philosophy,” but for…
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2019年1月31日
The Disappearance of “Grace” — A Second Discussion of the He Jiankui Affair

Culture & Public Commentary2018.12.05
The Disappearance of “Grace” — A Second Discussion of the He Jiankui Affair
The commission came from Jiemian (for reprints, please contact Jiemian); when it was published, the title was changed to “Gene Technology and the Disappearance of Human Gratitude and Awe,” and the content was hardly altered. It is said that when my mother was pregnant with me, she heard some folk remedy from somewhere, saying that if she wanted my skin to be a bit fairer, she should eat watermelon every day. The result was that this remedy clearly had no effect; after eating dozens of watermelons, she still gave birth to me dark and sturdy… Wanting one’s child to be smart, beautiful, and healthy is every parent’s wish. In order…
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2018年12月5日
Course Schedule for the 2018 Fall Semester (Introduction to Philosophy of Technology + Selected Readings in Classic Works of Philosophy of Science)

Teaching & Courses2018.09.19
Course Schedule for the 2018 Fall Semester (Introduction to Philosophy of Technology + Selected Readings in Classic Works of Philosophy of Science)
This semester I’m teaching two courses: one is “Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology” for undergraduates, and the other is the required graduate course “Selected Readings in the Classics of Philosophy of Science.” Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology meets every Tuesday at 15:20, in 6B113 of Building 6. Selected Readings in the Classics of Philosophy of Science meets every Wednesday at 13:30 (adjusting to 13:00 after October), in 3203 of Building 3. As for the reading group, the time has not yet been decided; I guess it may not officially get underway until after the National Day holiday? Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology Course Description This course alternates…
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2018年9月19日
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage (Postdoctoral Exit Report): Lecture Notes

History of Science & Scholarship2017.01.07
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage (Postdoctoral Exit Report): Lecture Notes
This is the postdoctoral exit report I did together with Teacher Tian Song. To be honest, it was done somewhat half-heartedly; many interesting threads were not able to be developed in depth. But the question itself should still be a pretty good one. First let me explain the title. In the article I did not explicitly spell out what this title meant, and some of the wording may well have caused misunderstanding. I only noticed this omission after seeing Teacher Wu Tong’s review comments, so my live report began with a remedial explanation. My “The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage” obviously imitates Bert’s work The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical…
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2017年1月7日
Lecture Notes on The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage (Postdoctoral Exit Report)

History of Science & Scholarship2017.01.07
Lecture Notes on The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage (Postdoctoral Exit Report)
This is the postdoctoral exit report I did with Teacher Tiansong. To be honest, it was done rather half-heartedly; many interesting parts were not developed in depth, but the problem itself should still be a good one. First let me explain the title. I did not make the meaning of this title explicit in the article, and some of the phrasing may well have caused misunderstandings. I only noticed this omission after reading Teacher Wu Tong’s evaluation, so my live report began with a remedial explanation. My “The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage” is obviously modeled on Bert’s book The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science, which was my introduction…
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2017年1月7日
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage

History of Science & Scholarship2016.12.01
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage
Introduction: From Philosophy of Technology to Philosophy of Garbage 1. The Historical Absence of a Philosophy of Garbage 2. How Is Garbage Possible? 3. Garbage Has Existed Since Ancient Times 4. The Modernity of Garbage I. The World of Ideas That Rejects Decay 1. The Age of the World Picture 2. The One-Sidedness of the World Picture 3. Plato’s World of Ideas 4. Aversion to Mortality II. Intellectual Purism That Rejects Ambiguity 1. Binary Opposition 2. Is and Ought 3. Identity and Garbage 4. Kant’s “Discarding Method” III. Foundationalism That Rejects Recycling 1. The Triple Synthesis 2. Memory and Its “Recycling” 3. Learning and Technology 4. The Cycle of History…
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2016年12月1日
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage

History of Science & Scholarship2016.12.01
The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Garbage
Introduction: From Philosophy of Technology to Philosophy of Garbage 1. The Historical Absence of a Philosophy of Garbage 2. How Is Garbage Possible? 3. Garbage Has Existed Since Ancient Times 4. The Modernity of Garbage I. The World of Ideas That Rejects Decay 1. The Age of the World Picture 2. The One-Sidedness of the World Picture 3. Plato’s World of Ideas 4. Aversion to Mortality II. Intellectual Purism That Rejects Ambiguity 1. Binary Opposition 2. Is and Ought 3. Identity and Garbage 4. Kant’s “Discarding Method” III. Foundationalism That Rejects Recycling 1. The Triple Synthesis 2. Memory and Its “Recycling” 3. Learning and Technology 4. The Cycle of History…
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2016年12月1日
A Loose Phenomenological Discussion of “Artificial Intelligence”

AI & Scholarship2016.08.02
A Loose Phenomenological Discussion of “Artificial Intelligence”
This essay was prepared for this year’s conference on phenomenological philosophy of technology. It had been brewing for several months, but in the end I still failed to turn it into a complete paper, and handed in some essay-like prose instead. There were too many people attending this time, and Teacher Wu was not planning to have every participant present a paper; some papers would be included in the conference proceedings but not assigned a presentation, so I was even more willing to make do. The main reason I could not write the paper, of course, was that I simply did not have enough time; I had read the literature…
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2016年8月2日
On Mirrors (I): The Construction of Interfaces

AI & the Future of Technology2016.04.09
On Mirrors (I): The Construction of Interfaces
I previously wrote On Garbage (1) and On the City (1); with that kind of momentum, this was clearly heading toward a series, yet after finishing “(1)” there was no follow-up. Thinking about it myself, I feel rather ashamed. In fact, I had already come up with the titles for Garbage 2 and 3—“Economy and Finance” and “Gestell and Absence”—but I just never got around to writing them (come on, hit me)…… In any case, my procrastination seems to have reached a terminal stage, and I need to find a way to treat it. The key to curing procrastination is to strengthen one’s ability to act, and to try to…
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2016年4月9日