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This Episode’s Music: “The Song of Scientism” (Super Star)

Life & Notes2008.02.17
This Episode’s Music: “The Song of Scientism” (Super Star)
What is “scientism”? Anti-scientism can be said to be one of my basic positions, running through all my articles. But Unic still says: too vague. Come to think of it, that makes sense. I basically treat anti-scientism as a default orientation, and in concrete discussions I have never clearly and explicitly targeted the concept of “scientism.” Because philosophy of science is my main line of work, and views on this point especially need to be handled with caution, I do not want to define this thing called “scientism” explicitly for the time being. And I also do not want to get into “two armies confronting each other”; in such a…
everyday life philosophy of science Liu Huajie science communication
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2008年2月17日
Lecture 44 of the Keke Forum: History of Science and the Multiculturalism of Science (November 30)

History of Science & Scholarship2007.11.30
Lecture 44 of the Keke Forum: History of Science and the Multiculturalism of Science (November 30)
http://hps.phil.pku.edu.cn/bbs/read.php?tid=183 Time: Friday, November 30, 2007, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Place: Academic Lecture Hall, Center for Science and Society, Chengze Garden Speaker: Liu Bing, Professor, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University Topic: The History of Science and the Multiculturalism of Science Commentator: Su Xiangui Today we were fortunate enough to have Teacher Liu Bing grace us with his presence, and there were many listeners as well. Teacher Liu’s lecture was full of passion, and the discussion that followed was even livelier. Teacher Liu first laid some groundwork by talking about a few things that are common knowledge, and then focused mainly on Needham as an example while extending the discussion further. Teacher Liu…
science history of science pluralism Liu Huajie
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2007年11月30日
A Casual Recollection of My Growing-Up Years: East China Normal University Second Affiliated High School

Life & Notes2007.08.02
A Casual Recollection of My Growing-Up Years: East China Normal University Second Affiliated High School
I shelved this for a full year without continuing it. Several times I almost forgot about this unfinished thing; several times I meant to resume it but gave up halfway. Probably by then the mood that had made me want to review my own growth had already vanished… Still, let me at least finish the high school stage. Huadong Normal University Second High School was originally in Putuo District, next to Huadong Normal University, and rather run-down. By the time I was in the second semester of my sophomore year, it had moved to Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Pudong, and the new campus was indeed beautiful. Although both campuses were…
philosophy autobiography mathematics Liu Huajie
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2007年8月2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
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: The Dirty Books Sold by the Dangdang Online Bookstore

Site Matters2007.03.22
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: The Dirty Books Sold by the Dangdang Online Bookstore
Dirty Books Sold by Dangdang Online Bookstore 2007-03-19 09:38:15 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010007ez#comment I’ve been a longtime customer of Dangdang Online Bookstore, having purchased books worth several thousand yuan there. According to Dangdang’s existing records online, I have 20 orders in all on Dangdang, of which 19 have been completed, with total spending amounting to 3,225.6 yuan. But recently a very dirty book was delivered in an online book purchase (see below). Earlier, a book that had been soaked in water was also delivered! For Dangdang to treat customers like this is truly not decent. This book was mixed in with a batch of books I bought from Dangdang at the same time,…
everyday life blog Liu Huajie market economy
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2007年3月22日
On Discussions on the Teachers’ Blogs: Zeller, Lovelock, and the Gaia Hypothesis

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.22
On Discussions on the Teachers’ Blogs: Zeller, Lovelock, and the Gaia Hypothesis
Zell, Lovelock, and the Gaia Hypothesis 2007-02-02 22:33:32 Zell, Lovelock, and the Gaia Hypothesis Liu Huajie Dorion Sagan and Lynn Margulis once enthused: “The Gaia hypothesis is a scientific view of life on Earth; it expresses a new biological worldview. In philosophical terms, this new worldview is closer to Aristotelian philosophy than to Platonic philosophy. This new idea is based on the facts of the Earth rather than on conceptual abstractions, though it certainly also contains some metaphysical implications. This new biological worldview (of which the Gaia hypothesis is the principal part) accepts the logic of life cycles and of engineering systems, while casting aside the Greek-Western tradition of ultimate…
philosophy science Liu Huajie Gaia
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2007年3月22日
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Defining Is Not So Easy

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.22
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Defining Is Not So Easy
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010006su It’s Not So Easy to Set Definitions: A Critique of Fang Zhouzi’s Definition of Pseudoscience 2007-02-06 21:34:33 It’s Not So Easy to Set Definitions: A Critique of Fang Zhouzi’s Definition of Pseudoscience Liu Huajie Fang Zhouzi rails against pseudoscience with great certitude, as if the matter of pseudoscience were easy to explain clearly. In “Pseudoscience in the Age of Science (Part II)” (see http://www.shunz.net/2005/11/321.html), Mr. Fang Zhouzi quite confidently defined “pseudoscience.” A few days ago, Teacher Jin Wulun of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences had already commented on this definition in the Science Times, and today I will say a few words as well. Mr. Fang put it…
science philosophy of science Liu Huajie logic
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2007年3月22日
A Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: As Lao Zhao Put It

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.22
A Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: As Lao Zhao Put It
The disciplines are the same. There are two important differences between the natural sciences and the humanities: 1. Scientific papers must be innovative. Scientific papers have a set format; in the first chapter after the abstract, they explain what innovations the paper contains. A paper with no innovation is utterly worthless and cannot be accepted by academic journals. The humanities are different: even peddling some foreign trash can become a paper. 2. The natural sciences do not permit nonsense; the humanities do. No matter how innovative your idea may be, if it lacks evidence and is merely subjective conjecture, scientific academic journals will not publish it. For example, Jianyi’s theory…
science Scientific Revolution Liu Huajie Kuhn
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2007年3月22日
Jiang Xiaoyuan, Liu Bing: “A Babel of Voices—A Dialogue on the Relationship between Science and Culture”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.15
Jiang Xiaoyuan, Liu Bing: “A Babel of Voices—A Dialogue on the Relationship between Science and Culture”
Jiang Xiaoyuan, Liu Bing: South Accent, North Tune——A Dialogue on the Relationship between Science and Culture, Peking University Press, 1st edition, January 2007, 32 yuan—☆ As soon as I arrived in Beijing this semester, I went to the bookstore to look for this book (of course I also bought many other new books). I read it as soon as I bought it, but after reading half of it in one sitting, for some reason I put it aside. Today, when I thought of it, I read the second half in one sitting as well. An introduction to this book can be found on Teacher Liu Huajie’s blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010006j1. What I…
book reading culture notes Liu Huajie
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2007年3月15日
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Can All Problems Brought by Science Be Solved by Science?

History of Science & Scholarship2007.01.03
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: Can All Problems Brought by Science Be Solved by Science?
Reposting one article by Teacher Jiang Xiaoyuan: Can all the problems brought by science be solved by science? 2007-03-30 21:16:43 Can all the problems brought by science be solved by science? ——A discussion with Professor Wei Menghua Jiang Xiaoyuan http://www.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/200733001117574176097.html Science Times 2007-03-30, A4 Having read with respect Professor Wei Menghua’s article, “Science Has No Third Pole—A Discussion with Professor Liu Huajie,” published in the March 23 issue of Science Times · Weekend Review, as well as Professor Liu Huajie’s article, which was the object of discussion and had appeared earlier in Science Times, I have been deeply moved, and cannot resist offering a few modest views of my own….
science discussion truth Liu Huajie
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2007年1月3日