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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Circles Publishing House April 2006 18 Frontier Popular Science Translation Series (Note: there seems to have been an unpublished comment by Teacher Jiang of Xinzhai, but it seems to have been lost.)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
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
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
Xiao Gu Talks Quantum Physics (Colloquial Edition) — Lecture One: The Gains of Not Understanding

History of Science & Scholarship2006.04.04
Xiao Gu Talks Quantum Physics (Colloquial Edition) — Lecture One: The Gains of Not Understanding
Xiaogu Talks About Quantum Physics (Colloquial Version) Lecture One: The Gains of Not Understanding The reading salon has been eagerly anticipated for a long time. You all know that I am very fond of books: first I like buying books, and second I like reading books. Among students, I’m probably the one who buys the most books. Of course, they are not all just for show; I have read quite a few of them. There are simply far too many books on the market now. There is a pile of bad books, but there are also far too many good books. If you asked me to pick two books from…
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2006年4月4日
Some Counterfactual Conditionals in the Natural Sciences

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.30
Some Counterfactual Conditionals in the Natural Sciences
Construct two counterfactual conditionals, and consider whether the relation between counterfactual conditionals and the laws of natural science is intrinsic or merely superficial. The sentences you construct should involve natural-science content and be as creative or original as possible. 1.Frege: If the density of iron were less than that of water, it would float on water.[①] 2.Einstein’s “first naive thought experiment” concerning relativity: If a person were to run along with a light wave at the speed of light, then he would find himself in a wave field that does not change with time. (But it seems that this would not happen!)[②] 3.Hawking’s discussion of the origin of the universe…
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2006年3月30日
The Religious Views of Great Scientists: Quotation Piling

Philosophy & Thought2006.03.28
The Religious Views of Great Scientists: Quotation Piling
The Big Scientists’ View of Religion: A Heap of Quotations Einstein: You will have a hard time finding among scientists of deep attainment anyone who does not have his own religious feeling. — “The Religious Spirit of Science,” in The Collected Works of Einstein, vol. 1, p. 67 A person inspired by religion has already, to the greatest possible extent, freed himself from the shackles of selfish desire, and is wholly devoted to thoughts, feelings, and aspirations that possess transpersonal value and which he holds fast to. What I consider important is the power of this content that transcends the individual, and the depth of the belief in its far-reaching…
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2006年3月28日
Exercises for Philosophy of Science: Chapter One

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.09
Exercises for Philosophy of Science: Chapter One
[U.S.]Alex Rosenberg: *Philosophy of Science—A Contemporary Advanced Text*, trans. Liu Huajie, Shanghai Scientific & Technical Education Press, November 2004 Chapter 1 1 This chapter begins with a potentially controversial philosophical definition. Please propose another definition of philosophy, one that can reveal the unity of the different parts of this field, such as metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics and political philosophy, aesthetics, and so on. The “definition” at the beginning of this chapter is: “… philosophy of science is necessarily a central issue of concern to both philosophers and scientists. According to this definition, philosophy mainly considers questions that science cannot currently answer or perhaps can never answer, and further considers why…
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2006年3月9日
Medicine and Science—A Reflection on the Question of Whether Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Scientific

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.28
Medicine and Science—A Reflection on the Question of Whether Traditional Chinese Medicine Is Scientific
Reflecting on the question of whether Chinese medicine is scientific, I found myself, quite involuntarily, drawn into the dispute over whether there was science in ancient China. That is not really off the point; many articles discussing whether there was science in ancient China also mention Chinese medicine. However, getting caught up in the discussion of Needham’s problem is not the only way to approach the question “Is Chinese medicine scientific?” In fact, even those who believe there was science in ancient China may still think Chinese medicine is “unscientific,” or at least “not scientific enough.” In discussing whether Chinese medicine is scientific, because of a difference in perspective, another…
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2006年2月28日
Liu Huajie: “Not Everything Enshrined in the Hall Is a Buddha” (Including Some Free Thoughts on Needham’s Question)

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.27
Liu Huajie: “Not Everything Enshrined in the Hall Is a Buddha” (Including Some Free Thoughts on Needham’s Question)
Liu Huajie: “What Is Offered in the Hall Is Not All Buddha,” Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, January 2004 This is one of Liu teacher’s more recent personal essay collections, and it is just as interesting as ever. These books are all to be read as “novels.” I noticed that in the essay “The Influence of Cultural Traditions on Science,” Liu teacher responds to Mr. Qi Zesong’s argument that “the rise of modern science has little to do with, or nothing to do with, Greek civilization.” Liu teacher points out: “The emergence of modern science was not merely a simple process of accumulating specific bodies of knowledge; it is more likely…
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2006年2月27日
A Few Metaphors About “Drawing Boundaries”—Reflections Organized from My Winter Vacation Reading in 2006 (1)

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.21
A Few Metaphors About “Drawing Boundaries”—Reflections Organized from My Winter Vacation Reading in 2006 (1)
Reflections from Reading During the 2006 Winter Break I. Several Metaphors Concerning “Boundary Drawing” 1. “Pure Water” and “Soda Water” We know that human beings can never produce anything that is 100% pure; perhaps not even God could do so—for even in the imagined “absolute vacuum,” there must inevitably be virtual-real particle pairs produced along with quantum fluctuations. What we call “pumping out a vacuum” merely yields extreme rarity; it can never eliminate impurities. When factories manufacture “pure water,” at best it is only 99.99% pure, with a few more nines besides, and the very process of making pure water often adds new impurities that were not there before. So…
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2006年2月21日