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Travel Notes from the Guangzhou Conference

History of Science & Scholarship2012.12.16
Travel Notes from the Guangzhou Conference
In Guangzhou I caught a cold, and after coming back I spent several days recuperating, so the task of writing up the trip was delayed by several days as well; I only began writing on December 8…… First, a bit of emotion: how time flies. In a daze, the annual conference on phenomenology and philosophy of technology has already been held six times, and this was the fourth conference I have attended. I took part in the Nanning conference as a master’s student, and in the blink of an eye I am almost done with my doctorate. As for these conference “takedowns” of “I love my teacher,” this is already…
philosophy China technology philosophy of science
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2012年12月16日
The Flush Toilet: City, Civilization, Modernity

AI & the Future of Technology2012.05.26
The Flush Toilet: City, Civilization, Modernity
Yesterday, Professor Jiang Jinsong came to Chengze Garden to give a talk titled “Observations and Reflections on the Flush Toilet,” and Professor Tian Song offered comments. Professor Jiang did not say very much, and Professor Tian’s comments were also rather hurried, but the discussion was still very lively. Indeed, the flush toilet can be counted as one of the greatest achievements of modern civilization. It is not only a device that makes “going to the bathroom” more convenient, but also a hub that helped assemble the whole modern urban way of life and the entire urban system. Professor Wu commented that Professor Jiang’s presentation should be divided into the issue…
technology value human nature modernity
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2012年5月26日
On “Feyerabend Quotations”

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.22
On “Feyerabend Quotations”
Xinzhai Lao Jiang Quotations from Feyerabend I’m a fanatical admirer of Feyerabend, so from now on I’ll post some of the old gentleman’s quotations whenever I have nothing better to do: A free society is one in which all traditions have equal rights and equal opportunities to enter the centers of power (this differs from the usual definition: that everyone has equal rights to enter the positions defined by one special tradition—namely, the tradition of Western science and rationalism). A tradition acquires these rights not because it is important to outsiders, but because it is meaningful in the lives of those who participate in that tradition. Science in a Free…
philosophy science freedom politics
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2008年1月22日
On “Feyerabend Quotations 3 and 4” (Prescribing Remedies for the Age and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Etc.)

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.05
On “Feyerabend Quotations 3 and 4” (Prescribing Remedies for the Age and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Etc.)
http://hps.phil.pku.edu.cn/bbs/read.php?tid=335 http://hps.phil.pku.edu.cn/bbs/read.php?tid=336 XinZhaiLaoJiang Feyerabend Quotations 3 “I did not say that epistemology should become anarchist, or that philosophy of science should become anarchist. I said that these two disciplines should accept anarchism as a medicine. Epistemology is sick now and must be treated, and the medicine is anarchism. Medicine is not something people have to take all the time. People take medicine only during a certain period, and then stop.” Science in a Free Society: P139-140 [楼主] | Posted: 2008-01-24 01:01 GuChen This kind of “medicine” is too fierce and stimulating; it is not in keeping with the Chinese medicine way of nourishing life and regulating and supplementing the body~~…
philosophy science freedom politics
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2008年1月5日
Tsinghua Philosophy of Science and Technology Salon: What Are Environmental Problems? (December 7)

History of Science & Scholarship2007.12.07
Tsinghua Philosophy of Science and Technology Salon: What Are Environmental Problems? (December 7)
Tsinghua Philosophy of Technology Salon: What Is an Environmental Problem? (December 7) Seventieth Session of the Tsinghua University Salon on Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology Topic: What Is an Environmental Problem? Speaker: Professor Liu Chuang (Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, USA) Commentator: Dr. Jiang Jinsong (Associate Professor, Institute for Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University) Time: Friday, December 7, 2007, 3:00–5:30 p.m. Venue: Xinzhai 335, Tsinghua University There were many people at this salon this time, and the discussion was quite lively. Still, it always felt as though the discussion was extremely chaotic: everyone had his or her own train of thought, and when asking questions there…
science philosophy of science Industrial Revolution Jiang Jinsong
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2007年12月7日
On Jiang Jinsong’s Lecture 39 of the Science Forum, “The Experimental Scientific Tradition as the Root of Environmental Problems”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.10.20
On Jiang Jinsong’s Lecture 39 of the Science Forum, “The Experimental Scientific Tradition as the Root of Environmental Problems”
Although Teacher Wu didn’t come, this time the Keke Forum had far more listeners than usual. Many familiar senior students also went, and the atmosphere of discussion was unprecedentedly lively (a group from Peking University bullying one person from Tsinghua), which really showed Peking University’s distinctive style~~ In real life I’m usually rather timid; with so many teachers and senior students raising such good questions, I simply didn’t ask anything, especially since the teachers and senior students had already brought up everything that should have been said. But online I can be a bit more unrestrained, and I can still offer a few thoughts. I’ve already posted my comments on…
science environment experiment Jiang Jinsong
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2007年10月20日
On a Discussion on Teachers’ Blogs: the Criterion of Truth, Pluralism, and Other Matters

Philosophy & Thought2007.07.07
On a Discussion on Teachers’ Blogs: the Criterion of Truth, Pluralism, and Other Matters
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Truth Standards, Pluralism, and Others Gu Ya 发表于 2007-07-07 14:02:46 Preface 2007-06-08 16:59:55 Since I ultimately stopped responding, let me add this here: pluralism is related to the metaphor of dumplings and noodles. When I say that anti-scientism is not anti-science, I do not merely mean that I support some other kind of science; rather, I mean that even with the science that exists now, I do not oppose it. On the contrary, mathematization is not something loathsome: mathematics is very beautiful, marvelous, and a mathematical world is awe-inspiring as well. What we oppose is only the elevation of one particular worldview—no matter…
philosophy philosophy of science pluralism truth
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2007年7月7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
In the discussion on the teachers’ blogs: On “the freedom to engage in pseudoscience”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.04.07
In the discussion on the teachers’ blogs: On “the freedom to engage in pseudoscience”
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea8790100063v On “the freedom to do pseudoscience” 2006-12-07 07:42:42 Sima Nan said on TOM: “The real intention behind these people’s demand to delete those three characters from the Science Popularization Law is actually that they want to strive for the freedom to falsify things, the freedom to do pseudoscience.” (December 6, 2006, TOM Technology) Sima Nan’s wording is “the freedom to do pseudoscience”; we can change it a bit and make it “the freedom to do pseudoscience” for discussion, because we know that any freedom is also subject to constraints, and there is no freedom of freedom. What Sima Nan said touches on a very crucial question: do the masses…
science philosophy of science Liu Huajie law
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2007年4月7日
A Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Science Communication from the Perspective of the Philosophy of Scientific Practice

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.23
A Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Science Communication from the Perspective of the Philosophy of Scientific Practice
**Science Communication from the Perspective of Philosophy of Scientific Practice** 2007-03-16 11:38:45 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c5bb42010008zr#comment Science Communication from the Perspective of Philosophy of Scientific Practice Jiang Jinsong Institute for Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University 100084 Science Studies, 2007 (1), 9-13 *[Date received]: 2006-04-14, revised date: 2006-7-20 Funded by: National Social Science Fund project (05BZX029) [Author bio] Jiang Jinsong (1965–), male, PhD in philosophy, associate professor, research interests: philosophy of science and the relation between science and religion. Abstract: From the perspective of philosophy of scientific practice, science is local knowledge that originates in the laboratory. Scientific knowledge is, in the sense of Foucault, a power relation that shapes the scene. Science…
science philosophy of science science communication power
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2007年3月23日