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A Tentative Discussion of Schopenhauer’s Spirit of Rationalism

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.10
A Tentative Discussion of Schopenhauer’s Spirit of Rationalism
The epigraph to the first part of *The World as Will and Representation* quotes Rousseau: “Step out of childhood, my friend, awaken!” What did Schopenhauer want to express by this line? We might as well compare it with a fable he wrote late in life: “A mother, with the hope of educating and cultivating her children’s minds, lets them read Aesop’s fables; but they soon send the book back, and the eldest, precocious child says: this is not the sort of book we read; it is too childish, too silly; you cannot make us believe that foxes and wolves can talk, and we shall read nothing of the kind again!…
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2008年1月10日
The Path to “Authenticity”—On the Intent of Being and Time

History of Science & Scholarship2008.01.10
The Path to “Authenticity”—On the Intent of Being and Time
Please choose one of the following topics; of course, you may also write more than one essay, but there will be no extra credit~ 1. Discuss the relation between “authenticity” and inauthenticity in *Being and Time*. 2. Briefly explain the intellectual intention of *Being and Time*, and give your evaluation. (From the description of Dasein itself to the description of Being) 3. Choose your own topic. This is not recommended; unless it is especially well written, it is hard to get a high score. Requirements: 1. Stay close to the text; only with paraphrase can there be evaluation. 2. No fewer than 5,000 characters. The Road Toward “Authenticity” ——On the…
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2008年1月10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
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…
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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…
philosophy Kant knowledge paper
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2007年6月15日
[EN] Frank Furedi: “Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?” —☆

Culture & Public Commentary2007.01.28
[EN] Frank Furedi: “Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?” —☆
[English] Frank Furedi: Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Translated by Dai Congrong, Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, September 2005 Page 1 A number of unforeseen circumstances prompted me to write this book. In May 2001, I wrote an article for the Sunday Times titled “What Are Universities For Nowadays?” in which I aired some of my concerns about the direction in which British universities were developing. The article focused on the relative lack of academic stimulation and challenge on today’s campuses. I recounted some of the stories students had told me about how deeply bored they were with their university careers; I pointed out that all too often students could…
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2007年1月28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….
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2007年1月3日
From “Pursuit” to “Demand” — The Idea of “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty”

Philosophy & Thought2006.10.02
From “Pursuit” to “Demand” — The Idea of “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty”
“Truth, Goodness, and Beauty” have been themes of philosophy from antiquity to the present, but the meaning these three words have for people seems to have changed in certain ways. In the eyes of the ancients, “truth, goodness, and beauty” represented the highest “pursuits.” Just as philosophy is “the love of wisdom,” the pursuit of wisdom, people pursued “truth, goodness, and beauty,” regarding them as supreme ideals. For example, the question traditional ethics asks is: for the sake of “goodness,” what ought we to do? What kind of behavior is worthy of goodness? Modern so-called “normative ethics,” represented by utilitarianism, asks instead: for what purpose do we do good? For…
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2006年10月2日
In Defense of Intuitionism

History of Science & Scholarship2006.08.15
In Defense of Intuitionism
In Defense of Intuitionism Abstract: From the perspective of defending intuitionism, the author explains intuitionism’s claims in the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of logic. The basic position of intuitionism is that mathematics is a creation of the human mind. Intuitionism rejects assigning any mathematical object a transcendent existence beyond mind and matter; intuition and creation, rather than proof and deduction, are the most important mathematical methods, the life of mathematics; the meaning of mathematics, like that of the other sciences, lies in discovering problems worth studying, touching the mysteries of nature, and ceaselessly pursuing truth. In the first half of this essay, the author sorts out intuitionism’s resistance…
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2006年8月15日
The Religious Views of Great Scientists: Quotation Piling

Philosophy & Thought2006.03.28
The Religious Views of Great Scientists: Quotation Piling
The Big Scientists’ View of Religion: A Heap of Quotations Einstein: You will have a hard time finding among scientists of deep attainment anyone who does not have his own religious feeling. — “The Religious Spirit of Science,” in The Collected Works of Einstein, vol. 1, p. 67 A person inspired by religion has already, to the greatest possible extent, freed himself from the shackles of selfish desire, and is wholly devoted to thoughts, feelings, and aspirations that possess transpersonal value and which he holds fast to. What I consider important is the power of this content that transcends the individual, and the depth of the belief in its far-reaching…
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2006年3月28日