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Faith in Science and Finding a Wife

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.26
Faith in Science and Finding a Wife
If there is someone who absolutely refuses to get a wife, believing women are like snakes and scorpions and cannot be approached, how should we try to persuade him? First, we should make one thing clear: everyone is entitled to his or her own views and convictions. If a genuine conversation is impossible, then we should simply respect one another; there is no truth that says one must definitely get a wife. But there is no harm in trying to talk him around, is there? If persuasion fails, then let it be. The single camp’s argument is this: a wife is not indispensable to a good life. A single man…
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2006年6月26日
Defending Science with Religion.

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.22
Defending Science with Religion.
In a reply on Mr. Liu’s blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010003xs#comment For me, the objectivity and credibility of science are things I will certainly defend. One extremely naive reason for defending them is this: if science is not trustworthy and objective, then what is more trustworthy and objective? If there are things in the world that can be trusted, science is surely one of the best candidates—unless one believes that nothing in the world is reliable at all, in which case thoroughgoing relativism, skepticism, and nihilism are all unassailable. I am willing to defend science in a manner similar to Kant’s defense of religion—religion brings you hope; if not in religion, where else…
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2006年6月22日
A Discussion of “Shuangfei” — Reposting an Earlier Article and Comments from Teacher Liu’s Blog

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.22
A Discussion of “Shuangfei” — Reposting an Earlier Article and Comments from Teacher Liu’s Blog
The two posts contained nearly 10,000 Chinese characters of my own contributions—almost as much as the original text and all the other comments combined. Even I, reading it back, felt I had been far too presumptuous. Still, fortunately the teachers are all good people, so they should be able to indulge me. Although I don’t usually browse forums, being able to write a couple of comments on a blog while at the same time exchanging views with people I admire or look up to is a very pleasant feeling. The “double-negation” principle and examples http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010003k7 2006-05-28 18:27:46 The “double-negation” principle and examples Liu Huajie “Correctness is neither sufficient nor necessary…
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2006年6月22日
A Tentative Account of the Problems Facing Contemporary Philosophy of Nature and Its Possible Directions of Development

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.22
A Tentative Account of the Problems Facing Contemporary Philosophy of Nature and Its Possible Directions of Development
To try to expound the problems contemporary philosophy of nature faces and the directions in which it might develop — the essay question on the final exam in philosophy of nature. I’ll write a bit more about it when I have time in a few days. Sigh, this exam was really hard: ten term-definition questions: 1. In modern Chinese and Western languages, the word “nature” has two usages; what are they respectively? 2. Why did Plato think it was a misuse of terms to call the “sensible world” “nature”? 3. What is Aristotle’s topos? 4. What are Aristotle’s doctrine of the four causes and doctrine of the five elements? 5….
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2006年6月22日
A Survey of the Books I Scored on Kongfuzi This Semester

Life & Notes2006.06.18
A Survey of the Books I Scored on Kongfuzi This Semester
The Adventures of Luzhinsi and Mifal Science and Religion (Barbour) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Carnap) The Worldview of Physicists (Newton Press; Heisenberg) Chaos Semantics and Philosophy Fractal Art A Multi-Purpose Chinese Character Encoding Dictionary The Idea of Time Oxford Selection — Reflections on Logic Oxford Selection — Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Oxford Selection — Since Structuralism Oxford Selection — The Rationalists Oxford Selection — Why We Culture Oxford Selection — Moral Philosophy Chinese Health and Intelligence-Building Qigong: A Volume of Advanced Techniques Nostradamus’s Great Prophecies — Unraveling the Mystery of Humanity’s Destruction in 1999 Dianetics: Self-Adjustment Techniques for the Mind Man Is the Spirit of…
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2006年6月18日
How Can We Promote Technological Innovation?

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.10
How Can We Promote Technological Innovation?
Just as a lightning strike is an extremely accidental event, hard to predict and grasp, people can nonetheless figure out what conditions make lightning more likely to occur. They can then install lightning rods and other facilities to channel possible strikes. Technological innovation is also unpredictable, but people can strive to create environmental conditions conducive to innovation, promote the emergence of innovation, and more effectively bring its effects into play. So how can we create a technological environment favorable to innovation? I think this first requires adhering to a certain “tolerant” attitude. A tolerant attitude applies to many issues; here I will begin with a preliminary discussion from the following…
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2006年6月10日
We Should Not Deny the Progress of Science

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.09
We Should Not Deny the Progress of Science
I have by now basically established my position of pluralism, or, perhaps better put, moderate relativism; the best term for it may be perspectivism. However, just as in environmental ethics “misanthropes” are by no means any lovelier than “anthropocentrists,” relativists in the philosophy of science, if they go too far, are in my eyes even less lovable than dogmatic scientism. Some of the more militant forms of relativism even go so far as to deny scientific progress. In their eyes, science merely keeps jumping back and forth among incommensurable paradigms, and it is impossible to say whether it is approaching truth or not; thus it is also hard to say…
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2006年6月9日
From Afar It Looks Like Art, Up Close It Looks Like Religion

History of Science & Scholarship2006.06.09
From Afar It Looks Like Art, Up Close It Looks Like Religion
There is a philosophical system like this: its grandeur and self-consistency are unparalleled, and not only can it effectively explain the world, it can also significantly transform the world; seen up close, it is founded on the most devout and the purest religious sentiments; seen from farther away, it displays a beauty even more profound and harmonious than any painting or music…… Can you guess what I’m talking about~? June 9, 2006 Piaotuo Cafe Latest Comments zxr 2006-06-17 02:01:27 Science zxr 2006-06-17 02:02:01 What else could it be kaikair 2006-07-13 10:42:18 http://www.magicofsarah.com human civilization itself unic 2006-12-31 23:55:06 I know now, it’s love. I’ve thought of The Art of Loving…
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2006年6月9日
Science and Judgment

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.26
Science and Judgment
Bacon believed that the purpose of science was to “torture out nature’s mysteries”; nature must be “pursued relentlessly as she wanders,” made into a “slave,” and “forced to render service.” (This paragraph is from the internet; the source is to be verified.) I For now I will not dwell on the “rape” metaphor for modern science, but instead note that the word “torture” is itself an extremely apt metaphor for a key feature of modern science. In the “rape” metaphor, science’s subject is implied to be “male domination,” while nature, though always “female,” has fallen from “mother” to “female slave”; the “method” of scientific research is “relentless pursuit,” its “attitude”…
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2006年5月26日
Philosophy of Science Assignment 060519

History of Science & Scholarship2006.05.19
Philosophy of Science Assignment 060519
1、T→O，O，所以T。自己用真值表验证。 This inference is obviously wrong. “T→O is true” if and only if “it is not the case that T is true and O is false.” When O is true, then no matter what T is, T→O is always true, so O being true is of no help in judging whether T is true or false. On the contrary, the inference “T→O, ¬O, therefore ¬T” is correct. However, the analogy “T→O, O, therefore T” is not suitable for describing actual scientific explanation. Actual scientific explanation is usually still fairly rigorous—though not “absolutely correct,” at least in general it is more worthy of belief than this obviously mistaken logical inference. In…
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2006年5月19日