伪医学国际化之成因

伪医学的表现形式多种多样,且存在于世界的各个角落,功利思想的驱动、职业道德的沦丧,使传播者见利忘义;医学水平的局限、本能的求生意识诱发了人们求助伪医学的侥幸心理;医巫同源的影响、伪医学的心理调控作用模糊了人们对其本质的认识;贫困者对现代医疗费用的畏惧、富有者对健康长寿的奢望为伪医学提供了广阔的市场;文化差异的存在,使伪医学拥有了生长的土壤     

对当代中国新造神运动的忧与思：伪生命科学思潮批判

分析中国伪生命科学产生的文化原因和背景,指出其致命的谎言、骗术与危害;揭露其理论上的荒谬与科学上的无知。并强调开展对这类伪科学产品进行批判运动的意义;同时重新对科学、非科学、伪科学、宗教、神话、迷信等进行划界和定义。医学研究需要正义、需要哲学的引导;在事实的世界之上,必须由价值和意义的世界来把握;医学理论不允许任意杜撰和加工,从这个意义上,医学科学还需要法律来维护其正义     

欧洲怀疑论者会议在比利时召开

欧洲12届怀疑论者会议于2005年10月13日至16日在比利时首都布鲁塞尔召开。这次会议的主题为“伪科学、非正规医学与媒体”。参加这次会议的有欧、亚、非、美四大洲共18个国家,200多人。此次会议为什么要确定“伪科学、非正规医学与媒体”这样一个主题?最近一段时间出现了媒体全力相助和给伪科学、伪医学现象创造机会使他们发展壮大的现实。所以,科学家、怀疑论者就很关注这种现象。欧洲12届怀疑论者会议提供一个场合,构建一个合理的平台,让来自欧洲和其他地方的怀疑论者,科学家与新闻记者共同探讨真、伪科学问题,并进行沟通和交流。尽管在大…     

视觉空间伪忽视与表征伪忽视神经机制的异同

伪忽视（pseudoneglect）是指个体存在的轻微偏左的不对称空间注意,而视觉空间伪忽视（visuo-spatial pseudoneglect）和表征伪忽视(representational pseudoneglect)是其两种主要表现形式。研究初期,研究者认为两种伪忽视基于相同的注意定向左偏机制,但近年来研究发现,它们仍存在神经机制的差异。本文主要从两种伪忽视神经机制的异同出发,梳理分析近期研究结果,以期增进对伪忽视的理解。未来研究可以从认知时间进程角度或设计更为完善的研究范式进一步探讨这两种伪忽视神经机制的异同。     

对解释伪忽视机制的两种理论的初步检验

以视野因素对伪忽视的影响为切人点来考察注意的右半球优势理论与表征的空间变形理论对伪忽视机制的解释。使用灰度标尺任务和三视野速示迫选的实验方法研究视野和操作用手因素对伪忽视的影响。结果显示,只有将两种理论结合起来才能对伪忽视机制作出更好的解释。     

科学划界与中医

科学划界就是在科学与非科学之间作出区分,依据科学划界的逻辑主义的绝对标准、历史主义的相对标准以及重建划界的多元标准,中医不晃科学,但中医也不是伪科学,而是一门实用的技艺,因此中医科学化、现代化及中西医结合的提法有待于进一步商榷。我们反对把中医伪科学化,中医的出路只有一条,那就是融入现代医学的发展之中,为医学的发展而奉出自己的经验和思路。     

只有真实，才能得信，然后有力

某些主流媒体高调宣传《道德经》进大学课堂。这是什么样的大学的《道德经》“教材”呢多年来的事实告诉人们：伪学术、伪科学如果没有新闻媒体的鼓吹,特别是如果没有权威媒体、主流媒体的鼓吹,就形不成大气候,造不成大危害。因此,在反对伪学术、伪科学的同时,我们必须高度关注伪宣传和伪新闻问题。     

浅探荀子性"恶"伦理观的理论内核

荀子立足于现实的利益关系,挖掘"性"、"伪"关系矛盾展开其伦理思想。于是人性与礼义道德之间构成一对矛盾体:道德总是基于人性并不断验证人性恶的存在;人性总是背离道德又不断服从道德,实现对恶的超越。接着他提出"众人之伪"的道德层次论,实现"性"与"伪"的统一:"无性则伪之无所加,无伪则性不能自美","性伪合而天下治";并在其中显现"恶"的自我否定性,凸显了其辩证思维和理性批判精神。可以说,这一思想在中国伦理思想史上是弥足珍贵的。在两千多年之前,没有一种深邃的洞察力和高度的致思倾向、概括能力,是无法提出如此深刻的人性思想的。     

《黄帝内经》的历史评价与读法

《黄帝内经》仅代表当时医学理论水平,它是以自然哲学的思维来解释自然科学问题的理论假说,虽然发现了许多客观的规律与结论,也有不少错误的猜测.因此,读《黄帝内经》要注意三点:一是书中概念多,但定义少,需要辩证体会；二是要以实践来验证其理论的真与伪；三是书中有些概念的含义与现代不同,要区别对待.     

论伪善:一个语言哲学的和现象学的分析

1.“伪善”二字,“善”暂且搁置,先说“伪”。“伪”有三义:一作“假冒、虚假”,二作“人工、人为”,三作“非法”。第三个含义与这里的讨论无关。我们只需留意前两个含义。当代汉语中的“伪善”一词,大都取“伪”的第一义,因而“伪善”被解释为假冒之善,“伪”是伪装的意思。这个词被用来标识一些本来不是善的、却显现为或被打扮为善的行为、言语和思想。但是,这并非是“伪善”的原初的和唯一的含义。在古代中国哲学中,首先是通过荀子的论述,“伪”与“性”成为相对的概念。前者指“人为”(“伪”的古字通“为”),后者指“本然”(与生俱来…     

当代中国的社会转型

本文以我国社会生活发生的广泛而深刻的变化为背景,深入揭示了这种变化深层的社会转型。这种转型就是：由权力社会走向能力社会;由人治社会走向法治社会;由人情社会走向理性社会;由依附社会走向自立社会;由身份社会走向实力社会;由注重先天给定社会走向注重后天努力社会;由一元化社会走向多样化社会;由人的依赖社会走向物的依赖社会;由静态社会走向流动社会;由“国家”社会走向“市民”社会。     

Evolutionary possibilities: Can a society be constrained so that “the good” self-organizes?

Can a human society be constrained in such a way that self-organization will thereafter tend to produce outcomes that advance the goals of the society? Such a society would be self-organizing in the sense that individuals who pursue only their own interests would none-the-less act in the interests of the society as a whole, irrespective of any intention to do so. The paper sketches an agent-based model that identifies the conditions that must be met if such a self-organizing society is to emerge. The model draws heavily on an understanding of how self-organizing societies have emerged repeatedly during the evolution of life on Earth. The model demonstrates that the key enabling requirement for a self-organizing society is ‘consequence-capture’. Broadly this means that all agents in the society must capture sufficient of the beneficial (and harmful) consequences of their actions for the goals of the society. ‘Consequence-capture’ can be organized in a society by appropriate management (systems of evolvable constraints) that suppresses free riders and supports pro-social actions. In human societies these constraints include institutions such as systems of governance and social norms. If a self-organizing society is to emerge, consequence-capture must apply to all agents in the society, including those involved in the establishment and adaptation of institutions. If this is achieved, the result will be a fully self-organizing society in which the interests of all agents (including individuals, firms, multi-national corporations, political organizations, institutions and governments) are aligned with the interests of the society as a whole.     

社会主义和谐社会理论的马克思主义渊源

马克思主义有着丰富的关于和谐社会的思想。从马克思主义经典作家关于共产主义的描绘中,可以了解他们对社会主义和谐社会本质特征的描述。即人的自由全面发展。要实现这一阶段,最根本的条件是生产力的高度发展。马克思主义和谐社会观中的内容主要包括人与自然、人与社会、人与自身的和谐发展。深刻理解和把握好马克思主义关于社会主义和谐社会的理论论述,将对我们建设社会主义和谐社会有极大的促进作用。     

Cyberethics and Co-operation in the Information Society

The task of this paper is to ground the notion of cyberethics of co-operation. The evolution of modern society has resulted in a shift from industrial society towards informational capitalism. This transformation is a multidimensional shift that affects all aspects of society. Hence also the ethical system of society is penetrated by the emergence of the knowledge society and ethical guidelines for the information age are needed. Ethical issues and conflicts in the knowledge society are connected to topics of ecological and social sustainability. For information ethics and cyberethics, the sustainable design of society, social, and socio-technological systems is important. In this context the notions of sustainability and co-operation are discussed. Based on these categories, the approach of cyberethics of co-operation can be theoretically grounded.     

Globalization and the Evolution of Democratic Civil Society: Democracy as Spatial Discourse

At its core, the evolution of democratic civil society is a process of transcending existing, historical social space, a process that desires to dissolve “political society” into “civil society” and with it to reformulate space as more democratic, participatory public space, and global spheres of interaction. In this article, the author examines the implications of globalization and the evolution of democratic civil society. Drawing on the work of French theorists de Certeau and Lefebvre, the author examines the nature of space as a social construct and the importance of understanding space as a practiced place in relation to the evolution of democratic civil society that makes transnational space a practiced place for global civil society. The author argues that as globalization spreads across nation-states, spatial forces produced by economic, cultural, and political discourses and practices give way to the potential for the evolution of democratic civil society.     

Doing Sociology in The Age of Globalization

The emergence of processes of globalization has gone hand in hand with a theoretical “crisis” in sociology. According to an increasing number of scholars, “global society” has transformed the “social” to such an extent that classical sociological theory and that of the nineteenth century no longer seem adequate for conceptualizing not only the “new society,” but (human) society as such. The very distinction between human and non-human society has gone lost. In this context, is it still possible to formulate a “theory of society” and what form should such a theory take?     

What is reflective self-awareness for? Role expectation for situational collaboration in alliance animal society

Most research on animal self-awareness focuses on the question of what self-awareness is, however, the present study addresses the question of what self-awareness is for. It is argued that different forms of self-awareness are needed for conspecific collaboration in different types of animal societies. In the order of the increasing level of fluidity in conspecific cooperation, animal societies are divided into three main types: caste society, individualized society, and alliance society. Accordingly, three forms of self-awareness are differentiated: awareness of one’s kinship relations in the caste society, awareness of one’s ranking place in the individualized society, and awareness of one’s situational roles in the alliance society. Unlike the awareness of kinship and ranks, which is genetically or associatively determined, role awareness is a form of reflective self-awareness acquired by taking the perspectives of others for contingent collaboration with conspecifics in transient situations.     

“儒学与当代社会双向互动”刍议

儒学与当代社会的双向互动是指儒学与当代社会的双向审视、双向批判、双向参与。这一问题对儒学言 ,是能否在当代社会生存与发展和如何生存与发展的问题 ,对当代社会言 ,是如何汲取儒家的智慧走向人文化成的问题。双向互动不是封闭的静态系统 ,而是动态的开放系统 ,重不在互动的效果 ,而是互动的过程。儒学借助与当代社会的互动而焕发出新的生命与活力 ,当代社会因儒学的参与而更加健全、完善。     

人本视域下的和谐社会及其政治、伦理构建

来自于不同学科的对和谐社会的热烈探讨,成为近年来中国学界的一大理论景观.随着认识的深入,对和谐社会构建途径的探讨无疑是最具现实性与价值性的方面.作为一种社会状态而非社会形态,和谐社会本质上表现为以人为本的主体性和谐.依据社会主义和谐社会的特定内涵和特征,我们认为在和谐社会构建的众多可能途径中,不仅需要公民社会的政治建构和制度保障,更需要相应的现代意义上的公民伦理和公民道德建构.公民社会以制度化的形式确立民主法制、自由平等、公平正义等当代社会基本价值理念,并确保全体国民共享和受惠于这些理念,从而为建立真正的和谐社会提供制度保障;公民伦理、公民道德作为公民社会的观念形态、精神蕴涵、文化表征与价值确证,揭示公民社会的本质特征和本质要求,为公民社会的建构提供价值导引与方法论指导,从而为和谐社会的构建提供坚强的基石和后盾.     

I’m Happy, Hope You’re Happy Too.

While most empirical studies show stable and high levels of subjective well-being in Western societies, other studies have documented an apparently contradictory feeling of a loss of sense of community and high levels of discontent with the way society functions. Based on an analysis of the Social Cohesion Indicators survey (SCIF, Belgium), we demonstrate that subjective well-being and one’s view on society are two distinct concepts. Both measurements are related, however, with some spill-over effects from individual well-being toward the assessment of society. Most notably, ethnocentrism does not have an impact on subjective well-being, but it has a strong negative impact on the view on society. Ethnocentrism has a strong effect on the distribution of discontent with society. We hypothesize that ethnocentric actors might still be satisfied with their own living conditions, but that they feel increasingly alienated from the culturally diverse society they live in.