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Restating Scientific Pluralism from a Classical Starting Point

Philosophy & Thought2007.09.29
Restating Scientific Pluralism from a Classical Starting Point
When I was being interviewed, Teacher Sun asked me how, after reading so much philosophy of science, I still hadn’t fixed a direction. I hemmed and hawed, dodged and bobbed, and in the end only said that I was interested in the whole field of meta-science, and that I would settle on a specific direction slowly. Was I really completely without a goal? No. Of the main direction I have in mind so far, or rather, of my academic ideal, of course I have one! I just didn’t dare say it during the interview. I only mentioned, “I’ve already made those grand claims in my personal statement,” and Wu-laoshi…
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2007年9月29日
[U.S.] Robert Fogelin: “Walking on the Tightrope of Reason”

Philosophy & Thought2007.09.12
[U.S.] Robert Fogelin: “Walking on the Tightrope of Reason”
[U.S.]Robert Fogelin: *Walking on the Tightrope of Reason—The Uncertain Life of Rational Animals*, translated by Chen Rongxia, New Star Press, first edition, January 2007, 27.00 yuan Pages1~2 As rational animals, we live in a world full of hidden perils. The universe in which we live is extraordinarily, almost unimaginably, complex. On this point, Einstein once commented: “God is subtle, but he is not intentionally so.” Yet if we consider the strangeness embodied in reports from the frontiers of science, the universe seems increasingly marvelous. However, this complexity and strangeness do not necessarily make the lives of us rational animals full of uncertainty; they merely make life arduous.A more urgent question…
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2007年9月12日
[ENG] Michael Gregoriou: “Kant’s Curse—A Murder Case of Pure Reason”

Philosophy & Thought2007.07.18
[ENG] Michael Gregoriou: “Kant’s Curse—A Murder Case of Pure Reason”
[Eng.] Michael Gregorio: *Kant’s Curse — The Pure Reason Murder Case*, translated by Bao Huiyi, People’s Literature Publishing House, May 2007, 29 yuan This book is not good. I read half of it a few months ago and then put it aside and stopped reading; now I’ve dug it out and forced myself to finish it. Not good— as a detective novel, it may still count as fairly decent, but Kant’s appearance in the book is simply unacceptable. July 18, 2007 Latest Comments UNIC 2007-07-18 14:54:44 Anonymous 220.171.180.115 Seen it in a bookstore,,,,,nice title, but once I saw it was a novel,,,,,
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2007年7月18日
Religious Language and Its Relation to Reality and Truth

Philosophy & Thought2007.07.07
Religious Language and Its Relation to Reality and Truth
Abstract: This article discusses the sources and significance of religious language and religious knowledge. The author first compares religion with questions of scientific cognition and experience, pointing out that the ability to grasp and use concepts in thought is the precondition for cognition, and that analogy and metaphor are crucial to any system of knowledge. Simply put, these preconditions of knowledge are “language,” and language is grounded in a form of life, so it is necessarily finite. Language cannot possess truth; even the language of science or religion is no exception. However, the significance of language lies in facilitating communication rather than flaunting truth, and the purpose of communication is…
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2007年7月7日
Negative Ontology

History of Science & Scholarship2007.06.15
Negative Ontology
Negative Ontology ——A Critical Appraisal of Kant’s Ontological Thought Abstract: This essay aims to interpret Kant’s ontological thought in Critique of Pure Reason and Introduction to a Future Metaphysics. Kant’s ontology differs radically from the tradition; it is what may be called a “negative ontology,” that is, an ontology whose aim is not to expand knowledge, but to set limits to it. The thing-in-itself is precisely Kant’s ontic ground; Kant emphasizes that the thing-in-itself is unknowable, yet must be thinkable and acknowledged. The positing of the thing-in-itself, on the one hand, restricts the arrogance of dogmatism; on the other hand, it also restrains the lawlessness of skeptics. In the realm…
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2007年6月15日
Philosophy of Science as a Disciplinary Philosophy and as a Philosophical Character?

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.09
Philosophy of Science as a Disciplinary Philosophy and as a Philosophical Character?
Regarding “XX philosophy,” I once said that, in general, its core question is “What is XX?” But after listening to Wu-laoshi speak, I suddenly realized that this kind of philosophy often has two layers of meaning: one is philosophy as a departmental discipline, and the other is philosophy as a basic philosophical disposition. The so-called core question of “XX philosophy” being “What is XX?” refers mainly to it as a departmental philosophy—that is to say, as one part of “philosophy,” one field among others, where, because philosophers have their own specialized areas, some people focus on discussing topics related to technology. But the other kind, which is often the form…
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2007年3月9日
What Is the Story Behind Kant’s Hundred Thalers?

Philosophy & Thought2007.03.01
What Is the Story Behind Kant’s Hundred Thalers?
What’s the Story with Kant’s One Hundred Thalers? Xingding posted on 2007-03-01 22:12:32 What’s the Story with Kant’s One Hundred Thalers? At last, the grades for last semester’s courses finally all came out. Political Theory and the general elective were both3.0; both courses in religious studies were3.7; General History of Science, Research on Globalization Issues, and Popper’s Philosophy of History were all4.0. All in all, it was still very satisfying. Who would have thought that the grade for the last course to appear—Metaphysics—was only2.0, instantly canceling out the0.03 points ofGPA I had so painstakingly clawed my way up to. The reason this course’s grade came out so late was that…
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2007年3月1日
Comments on the Introduction to Religious Studies Course

Life & Notes2007.01.20
Comments on the Introduction to Religious Studies Course
I had long wanted to write something to grumble about this course~~ But given that the religious studies introduction course gave me a score of 85.5, I felt satisfied, and so I had no intention of writing anything. But today, seeing the TA on the BBS soliciting “critical suggestions,” I was suddenly inspired, and so I wrote down the things I had originally meant to write…… First let me state clearly: I have great admiration for Professor Wu, and I have also gained a great deal from this course. The comments I want to make are not aimed at the quality of this course itself, but rather at what kind…
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2007年1月20日
Is Non-Euclidean Geometry Favorable to Apriorism?

Philosophy & Thought2007.01.16
Is Non-Euclidean Geometry Favorable to Apriorism?
Non-Euclidean geometry is generally thought to be a “fatal blow” to Kantian transcendental theory. In an earlier article, I expressed doubt about this overly simplistic idea. But recently, as I happened to mull over the question again, an even bolder thought popped into my head — the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry is actually favorable to transcendental theory! It should be noted that Kant’s transcendental theory is neither empiricism nor rationalism. Kant is not saying that if one first finds a few axioms in human a priori intuition, then one can deduce the true state of the objective world. Kant is answering this question: since human experience of this world is…
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2007年1月16日
How Locke, Kant, and Dostoevsky respectively viewed the relationship between Christianity and modern society (draft)

Philosophy & Thought2007.01.13
How Locke, Kant, and Dostoevsky respectively viewed the relationship between Christianity and modern society (draft)
Locke is a representative figure of empiricism and natural theology; empiricism and natural theology, together with Baconian science (that is, experimental science), make up the basic tendency of modern and contemporary thought—in precise terms, these three are simply three aspects, in philosophy, theology, and science respectively, of the same intellectual current. Reason and freedom are the key words in Locke’s view of religion, and of course they are also the main thread of modern and contemporary thought. Locke placed reason above revelation, holding that wherever reason can provide certain knowledge, faith should not interfere; if faith oversteps its bounds, fanaticism is inevitable. Only in those matters that reason cannot confirm…
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2007年1月13日