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On the Discussions on the Teachers’ Blogs: Tsinghua University Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology Salon, Session 61

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.22
On the Discussions on the Teachers’ Blogs: Tsinghua University Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology Salon, Session 61
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c5bb42010008s4 61st Session of the Tsinghua University Salon on Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology 2007-02-28 10:05:18 61st Session of the Tsinghua University Salon on Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology Topic: Beyond Technological Optimism and Technological Pessimism Speaker: Wu Guosheng (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Peking University) Commentator: Gao Lianghua (Associate Professor, Institute for Science, Technology and Society Studies, Tsinghua University) Time: Saturday, March 10, 2007, 3:00–5:30 p.m. Address: Room 335, Xinzhai, Tsinghua University (north of the library) Contact number: 62794966 or 62798443 ext. 228, 62773013 Contacts: Chen Yijin, Shi Qixian STS Office Comments(14)┆Quote┆Read(108)┆Circle┆Print┆Rewarded reporting Article Comments The comments below represent only the views of the individual netizens…
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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…
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2007年3月22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
[English] John Barrow: “Art and the Universe”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.01.27
[English] John Barrow: “Art and the Universe”
[English] John Barrow: *Art and the Universe*, translated by Shu Yunxiang, Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, October 2001 I had read half of this book earlier, and today I finished the other half as well. Barrow’s range is quite broad; the subjects covered in this book include astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics, history, culture, religion, language, fine arts, music, and so on, so it is hard to give a concise overview. On the Peking University website for the history and philosophy of science, there is an introduction: http://hps.phil.pku.edu.cn/viewarticle.php?sid=666 But even there, it seems, the book’s distinctive qualities are not really pointed out. In fact, cosmology is by no means the theme…
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2007年1月27日
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

History of Science & Scholarship2007.01.16
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
I’ve long wanted to write an essay introducing philosophy of science to the younger students, but each time I started it I gave up halfway through. I hope today I can stick with it and finish. I no longer expect to find fellow travelers in philosophy of science at the undergraduate level, but even for those classmates who do not choose philosophy of science as their direction, I still hope to reduce a few of the many misunderstandings that philosophy of science has suffered from a little bit (for the moment, let me take my own understanding as the correct one; of course, my understanding may also be a misunderstanding—make…
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2007年1月16日
Similarities and Differences Between Modern Science and Classical Greek Science

History of Science & Scholarship2006.11.30
Similarities and Differences Between Modern Science and Classical Greek Science
First of all, it is obvious that modern science and Greek classical science are both explorations and studies of “nature,” that is, natural philosophy or natural science. But this is also where the most fundamental difference between them lies—modernity and ancient Greece understood the concept of “nature” in very different ways. In ancient Greece, the word nature did not mean something like the modern “the totality of natural things”; rather, it meant “nature” in the sense of “essence,” which, according to Aristotle, is “the essence of a thing that has the source of its own motion within itself.” Yet “the discovery of nature” implies believing in an objectifiable world that…
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2006年11月30日
A Discussion of the Question of Abolishing Traditional Chinese Medicine

History of Science & Scholarship2006.11.08
A Discussion of the Question of Abolishing Traditional Chinese Medicine
Again, this is a comment posted on Professor Liu’s blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010005nw Whether Chinese medicine is science, and what kind of science it is, is a major issue in the philosophy of technology, and it always deserves serious thought. Let me now post some preliminary discussion (there was already some discussion in last semester’s Introduction to Philosophy of Science course assignment), Neither Chinese medicine nor Western medicine is “science”; they are “technology,” after all. The technology of medicine is very special indeed, and in the West it too has sources and traditions different from those of science. Medicine exists to cure illness; it is not human biology, not a science pursued…
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2006年11月8日
Draft of the First Three Parts of Popper’s Essay on the Philosophy of History

History of Science & Scholarship2006.10.26
Draft of the First Three Parts of Popper’s Essay on the Philosophy of History
Popper Popper… 0 Introduction… 0 What Is Falsification?… 2 What Is Science?… 4 What Is Technology?… 7 What Is Totality?… 8 What Is Revolution?… 9 What Is History?… 12 Other… 13 Bibliography… 16 Introduction Popper’s most influential, and at the same time most controversial, philosophical claims are, first, the doctrine of “falsificationism” in the philosophy of science, and second, the critique of “historicism” in the philosophy of history—or, rather, political philosophy. For Popper, the move from the philosophy of science to political philosophy is “internally consistent”: the philosophy of science is the starting point and foothold of Popper’s thought, and his views on the philosophy of history are in fact…
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2006年10月26日
The Philosophy of History Is Quite Interesting

Life & Notes2006.10.01
The Philosophy of History Is Quite Interesting
Inspired by an offhand suggestion from ZW, I thought of and chose the course “Popper’s Philosophy of History.” This course falls under the category of Marxist philosophy, but however the class may be taught, this topic is in itself well worth choosing for me. Popper is a very special philosopher. His primary identity is that of a philosopher of science, the founder of the so-called “falsificationism,” which is often paired with Kuhn’s historicism. He is also a liberal thinker of enormous influence, and moreover an important critic of Marx and Hegel. In philosophical circles, it would be more accurate to say that Popper is widely looked down upon than widely…
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2006年10月1日
An Email about “Sociology of Religion”

Life & Notes2006.07.20
An Email about “Sociology of Religion”
Teacher Sun, I am Gu Chu, from the Class of ’04 Philosophy. Since I am not good at debate, when discussing things I inevitably fail to express myself adequately, whereas when I write, my train of thought becomes clearer. So now I am writing this letter in an attempt to explain my point of view once more. First of all, I hope you will certainly not misunderstand me as debating for the sake of debate; that is indeed very uninteresting. I do not even like debating in order to attack other people’s views; I only like debating in order to defend my own views. I am a very clear pluralist,…
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2006年7月20日