标签：Wu Guosheng

Recommended Introductory Readings in Philosophy of Technology

History of Science & Scholarship2011.07.26
Recommended Introductory Readings in Philosophy of Technology
The department’s magazine, *Qingqiu Yuan*, invited me to write a few recommendations of good books in philosophy of science and technology, mainly to provide some guidance for students who have not yet settled on a direction. I am very honored. In addition, I hope that all students interested in philosophy of science and technology will get in touch with me. On my blog (yilinhut.com) you can find my various contact details. Undergraduate philosophy majors are required to choose a supervisor and a direction in their freshman or sophomore year. At this stage, apart from introductory courses in Chinese philosophy, Western philosophy, and Marxist philosophy, students have relatively little knowledge of…
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2011年7月26日
Media · Sensation · Space-Time — A Preliminary Inquiry into McLuhan’s Media Ontology

History of Science & Scholarship2009.11.08
Media · Sensation · Space-Time — A Preliminary Inquiry into McLuhan’s Media Ontology
Although I’m said to write articles very quickly, that quickness has conditions: that is to say, only after I’ve dawdled and dawdled and dawdled until the very last moment can I possibly squeeze out a paper at lightning speed…… This time I’ve finally squeezed it out again at the last possible moment; as for how effective it is…… well…… I don’t care anymore…… entering dead-pig-doesn’t-fear-boiling-water mode…… Media•Sensation•Space-Time ——A Preliminary Inquiry into McLuhan’s Media Ontology Abstract: The basic position or method of McLuhan’s media theory can appropriately be called “media ontology.” In McLuhan’s view, media are not neutral channels for the transmission of information between subjects, or between subject and object;…
media Heidegger paper McLuhan
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2009年11月8日
Translating “natural history” as “natural history” is also not bad

History of Science & Scholarship2009.04.23
Translating “natural history” as “natural history” is also not bad
PS: It was very, very long ago, when I was writing “Natural History and History,” that I first began to think that translating it as “natural history” might also be quite good. At the time, I had just listened to lectures on natural history by Professors Wu, Liu, and Su, and felt that Professor Wu’s rejection of “natural history” was somewhat too categorical. Back then I wrote to Professor Liu and Professor Su about some of my thoughts; it seems Professor Liu replied that he thought “natural history” was not out of the question after all. But at that point I still did not dare to write to Professor Wu…
science history Wu Guosheng historiographer
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2009年4月23日
On My Research Plan for the Next Few Years—Coursework for Reading and Writing

Life & Notes2009.01.07
On My Research Plan for the Next Few Years—Coursework for Reading and Writing
In academic matters, I am not used to setting plans or goals for myself. That does not mean I am a person who drifts with the tide; on the contrary, at any given moment I have a clear understanding of the road beneath my feet, and I will decisively take the next step, but I am not attached to some distant goal that has not yet entered my field of vision. Up to now, the path of my growth, seen in detail, has seemed as though every step were natural and continuous, yet taken as a whole it appears unexpectedly—although looking back now one can hardly find any obvious break…
philosophy everyday life phenomenology Wu Guosheng
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2009年1月7日
On the Olympics on the Blogs of Two Teacher Wus

Site Matters2008.05.14
On the Olympics on the Blogs of Two Teacher Wus
I don’t really follow Professor Wu Fei’s blog; I only heard that the latest issue of Qingquanyuan was going to organize a discussion meeting on the Olympics, with Professor Wu Fei as the central figure and his two articles as the focus. I’ve always paid close attention to the Olympic spirit, so I went to read them too. The result was that I found I didn’t appreciate Professor Wu Fei’s way of putting things. Online, of course, I’m under no restraints, so if I wanted to criticize, I criticized. As for the specific consequences and how that discussion meeting ultimately went, I won’t concern myself with that~ Recently, I also…
everyday life Wu Guosheng Greece Olympics
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2008年5月14日
The 7th Beijing Forum on Philosophy of Technology and the 48th Lecture of the Peking University Forum on History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Philosophy & Thought2008.01.09
The 7th Beijing Forum on Philosophy of Technology and the 48th Lecture of the Peking University Forum on History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
The 7th Beijing Forum on Philosophy of Technology and the 48th Lecture of the Peking University Forum on History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (January 8, 2008) Time: Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 9:30–11:30 a.m. Venue: Academic Lecture Hall, Center for Social Sciences, Chengze Garden Speaker: Deng Bo (Professor, School of Humanities, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology) Topic: The Architect’s Original Ethical Responsibility Commentator: Wu Guosheng I listened to the recording. But listening to a recording really feels so much worse than listening in person; after listening, I found that it was hard to write a report like the ones I had written for the previous few sessions, so…
philosophy Heidegger Wu Guosheng
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2008年1月9日
— Lecture Six in the School History and School Spirit Series, “Youthful Peking University, the Splendid Years of Yanyuan”

Life & Notes2007.11.28
<An Interpretation of the Peking University Spirit> — Lecture Six in the School History and School Spirit Series, “Youthful Peking University, the Splendid Years of Yanyuan”
An Interpretation of the “Spirit of Peking University” — Lecture Six in the “Youthful Peking University, Youthful Yanyuan” Series on the History and Present Condition of the University Speaker: Wu Guosheng Lecture time: Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 7:00–9:00 p.m. Lecture venue: Lijiao 109 I went an hour early to grab a seat, only to discover that there were in fact very few people attending, so there was absolutely no need to reserve one. Compared with Mr. Wu’s lecture of the same title three years ago, the audience this time was pathetically sparse. Mr. Wu said this might have something to do with the decline in people’s attention to “spirit” as…
everyday life culture Peking University Wu Guosheng
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2007年11月28日
[English] John Lloyd, John Mitchinson: The Book of General Ignorance — 200 Questions People Commonly Overlook

History of Science & Scholarship2007.10.28
[English] John Lloyd, John Mitchinson: The Book of General Ignorance — 200 Questions People Commonly Overlook
[UK] John Lloyd and John Mitchinson: *Quips and Quibbles——200 Questions People Generally Overlook*, translated by Wang Zhanghua, Li Jian, Yang Yu, Wu Wenzhong, Shen Xianyun, and Chen Jie, Guangxi Science and Technology Publishing House, August 2007, 24.8 yuan Another book of entertaining popular-science questions, or rather, one could call this sort of book “popular-science 8g.” Still, compared with the other books of this kind I’ve read, including *Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze?* and the previous *Who Says Men Can’t Get Pregnant?*, this one is much more exciting. No wonder even Teacher Wu actually “jointly recommended” this book… (Joining him in the recommendation were also Academician Zhu Zuoyan of the Chinese…
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2007年10月28日
On Protecting Tradition and What Tradition Is, and So On

Chinese Civilization & the Way of Chinese2007.08.19
On Protecting Tradition and What Tradition Is, and So On
First, I’m reposting a discussion from the Ceiling blog. http://ariela.ycool.com/post.2668095.html Omitted above… mist @ 2007-07-29 10:29 If contemporary people are only preserving tradition, then where are we to create the spirit of our age? Ceiling @ 2007-07-30 00:11 I believe that tradition and creation should, in essence, be continuous. Besides, what is being shouted about most fervently right now is the preservation of tradition, even more than the creation of spirit…… so I’m chiming in *_^ 古 @ 2007-08-05 21:35 I recommend that Mist listen to a lecture by Wu Guosheng~ Which occasion of “creating the spirit of an age” has not taken preserving tradition as its basis?…
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2007年8月19日
The Dialectics of Nature Course Taught by the Teachers

Life & Notes2007.05.24
The Dialectics of Nature Course Taught by the Teachers
First, let me repost a thread: Sender: fengziforeve (Expired pineapple can～CME! U.S.-Russia! Little optics 。。), board: Philo From start to finish, I had never seen such an utterly top-notch, depraved “teacher” before. It felt to me like he was basically a psychopath; I have no idea how he became a teacher. Before class, he announced that there would be no homework for this session, and that if anyone didn’t want to listen, they could just leave. Then he went on to say that since you came to class, you should pay attention; if you didn’t want to listen, then leave—it wouldn’t affect your grade. Then, just as class was about…
everyday life education Peking University politics
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2007年5月24日