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Grades and Comments on the First Question of the Second Assignment in General History of Science

Teaching & Courses2009.12.13
Grades and Comments on the First Question of the Second Assignment in General History of Science
(The topic was a self-devised one on the relationship between the Scientific Revolution and Christianity.) 00846142 90 Viewing it from the standpoint of a believer is not bad, but you should also keep in mind that this is a paper on history of science, and should first and foremost engage closely with the “Scientific Revolution” and the relevant historical context. The paper’s argument is not very clear overall and is rather essayistic in style, but it does grasp some key points. The attitude is serious, and it feels pretty good. The bibliography is a little thin; among books on science and religion, The Soul of Science is not really a…
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2009年12月13日
Grade Record for Question 3 of the First Assignment in General History of Science

Teaching & Courses2009.10.28
Grade Record for Question 3 of the First Assignment in General History of Science
Sender: EPR (Gu Dā | JOKER | Pingtian Dasheng | The homebody who wants to become the Pirate King), Board: KXTS Title: The third assignment is basically finished~ posting the grade sheet 1.0 version~ Posted at: Peking University Weiming Station (Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 11:26:34), internal mail Except for the ones handed in to the teaching assistants for cross-grading, everything I had on hand is done. Each point item is scored from 0 to 5, then the weighted sums are added up and raised to the 0.67 power, then the baseline score of 70 is added… the result is guaranteed to average 84 points; except for a few provocateurs, basically…
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2009年10月28日
(For the first assignment in the General History of Science—“Briefly describe the basic features of Greek cosmology and astronomy”) A few words before I’ve even graded the assignment~

Teaching & Courses2009.10.27
(For the first assignment in the General History of Science—“Briefly describe the basic features of Greek cosmology and astronomy”) A few words before I’ve even graded the assignment~
Before the homework is graded, let me say a few words~ The third question on this assignment, namely “briefly describe the basic features of Greek cosmology and astronomy,” was set by me and will also be graded by me. Perhaps because the topic seemed difficult, or because it was listed last, in any case comparatively the fewest students chose my topic. I only received 36 submissions, which just so happens to make it possible for me to offer a bit of special kill-you-while-serving-you (service)~ That is to say, in addition to learning their scores, everyone will also know exactly why they were inevitably killed by the TA~~ I will explain…
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2009年10月27日
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon 09-09-26

Life & Notes2009.09.26
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon 09-09-26
Today we had a new guest drop by—welcome, Chi Gua Wang! On the intrinsic connection between philosophy of technology and the history of scientific thought (nature—science—technology) On ancient Greek public spaces (the agora), athletics (athletic schools and the Olympics), and the origins of the Greek spirit. To trace the original causes and conditions, one often has to resort to geographical explanations, though this is not geographical determinism. The various factors are causally interwoven. World picture—perspective—visual centrism; glass, clocks. The translation of “Natural History”: Chi Gua Wang: “natural history”; After Chi Gua Wang left, there was only a group of people with no aspirations left, discussing Three Kingdoms Kill…… Next week…
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2009年9月26日
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 09-09-12

Life & Notes2009.09.12
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 09-09-12
Today can be counted as the last salon of the summer break before the new semester. I only came to study, but there were still two younger brothers who showed up to lend their support; many thanks~ Starting next week I’m going to begin organizing a reading group. Following the progress of the general history of science course, and borrowing the resources of the “Selected Readings in Classics of History of Science” course, how about we start with *Early Greek Science*? But given that this book is rather mediocre, perhaps we could also choose some other book to read, or simply have each person read whatever they like around ancient…
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2009年9月12日
[Reprint] “History of Science and Technology” Graduate Entrance Exam Questions (2009)

Life & Notes2009.06.21
[Reprint] “History of Science and Technology” Graduate Entrance Exam Questions (2009)
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_51fdc0620100eb54.html If I were to do these directly now, I’d almost certainly fail, but if I get the chance I’ll try to write out all of these questions~ Questions for the Master’s Entrance Examination in “History of Science and Technology” (2009-06-19 17:29:20) The examination questions for the 2009 master’s entrance exam in the “History of Science and Technology” subject for the History of Science and Technology program and the Philosophy of Science and Technology program at Peking University are published below, for reference in candidates’ exam preparation. Young people with aspirations are warmly welcome to apply to Peking University’s program in the history of science and technology or philosophy of…
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2009年6月21日
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 09-06-06 [and Part Two of the Announcement for the Next Round of Salons]

Life & Notes2009.06.06
Notes from Today’s Xindao Salon, 09-06-06 [and Part Two of the Announcement for the Next Round of Salons]
Today there weren’t many people who came, but the good thing was that at last a newcomer dropped by again. From our initial contact, judging by things like his motivation for study, academic background, interests, and personality, he belongs to the type I look favorably upon. I hope you’ll continue to take part in my salon or other activities next semester. As for the specific conversation, it mainly included my asking about his situation, and my restating some of my own basic ideas, introducing a bit about philosophy of technology, as well as talking about philosophy department courses and other casual chatter. I won’t go into that further here. As…
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2009年6月6日
Reading an Einstein Biography

History of Science & Scholarship2009.05.09
Reading an Einstein Biography
[U.S.] Walter Isaacson: Einstein: Life and the Universe, translated by Zhang Butian I had originally promised to write a review for Senior Brother Butian, but I have kept putting it off again and again. It seems I really just cannot squeeze one out; at least, not before the end of this term. So let me just write a few random lines here as an explanation… There are several reasons for this procrastination: First, this spring I unfortunately developed allergic rhinitis. Since I had never had allergies before, I never got the right treatment at the beginning, and it took me more than half a month of fussing around before I…
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2009年5月9日
Latour: Drawing Things Together Class Report

History of Science & Scholarship2009.04.28
Latour: Drawing Things Together Class Report
Postscript: The report’s effect should not count as bad, and it also received Teacher Ren’s highest praise. Still, I feel that many things were not explained clearly, because I myself was only able to read this article through after reading Science in Action. However, since the issues discussed in this article are not the same as those in Science in Action in terms of emphasis, when explaining this article it was very hard to weave in material from Science in Action and similar books. I tried to introduce some of it, but the result may not have been very good: on the one hand, a few words do not make…
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2009年4月28日
How Is Scientific Realism Possible?

History of Science & Scholarship2009.01.10
How Is Scientific Realism Possible?
Although every paper I write leaves me feeling revolted and miserable, it has been a long time since a paper made me this uncomfortable. After finishing it, I barely even read through it once before hastily printing it out and rushing to school to hand it in. The process of composing this paper was especially unpleasant too—I did read a lot of books: Quine, Dummett, Goodman, Putnam… all sorts of textbooks and handbooks on philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology… of course, all in Chinese translation. You ask why I still didn’t look for English materials? First, there wasn’t enough time; second, I really didn’t want to read them. I found…
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2009年1月10日