爱国爱教 团结进步 为促进社会和谐和经济社会发展发挥更加积极的作用——在中国道教协会第八次全国代表会议上的报告

<正>(2010年6月21日)各位领导,各位代表:受七届理事会委托,我向大会作工作报告,请予审议。在中央统战部、国家宗教事务局的关心、重视下,中国道教协会第八次全国代表会议今天隆重开幕了。本次大会的     

承前启后 谋远固本

##正##今天,来自全国各地的324名道教界代表相聚北京,隆重召开中国道教协会第八次代表会议,总结工作,交流经验,选举产生新一届领导班子,共商中国道教发展大计。我谨代表中央统战部、国家宗教局,对大会的召开表示热     

盼望十六大的阳光

海灯案进入第14个年头了。尽管“海灯神话”已经破灭,尽管我已经获得全国第二届反伪科学突出贡献奖并受到有关领导部门的支持鼓励,但是,由于在海灯案诉讼中,我面对的是由金钱、权力和愚昧迷信结合起来“修炼”而成的”神功大法”,在这种“神功大法”面前,党的政策、国家的法律以及那些古今中外共有的是非标准和道德标准统统失去灵光,我仍然屡战屡败,一筹莫展。可喜的     

人民民主:十七大政治改革构想的主线

"人民民主"是贯穿于党的十七大关于中国特色社会主义政治建设以及政治改革思想的主线. "人民民主"是一个具有浓重中国特色的概念.从民主作为一种政治理念来看,其本身的意义就是"人民的统治",或者叫做"一切权力属于人民".     

新的动力 新的希望——在中国道教协会第八次全国代表会议闭幕式上的讲话

<正>(2010年6月23日)经过3天有序、紧凑、高效率的工作,中国道教协会第八次全国代表会议即将闭幕。此时此刻,我们有一种功成事遂的感慨和激动。记得今年2月,中国佛教协会也在这里召开换届大会,任法融道长代表道教界到会致贺,赠送了"佛法无边"的四字墨宝,为大会增添了色彩,受到佛教界朋友的欢     

十七大精神与社会正义

十七大报告中八个地方专门提到公平正义的用语,并且明确指出,实现社会公平正义是中国共产党人的一贯主张,是发展中国特色社会主义的重大任务.报告中从社会发展一般目标到具体的制度体制设计对什么是社会主义初级阶段的公平正义的内涵和怎样达致公平正义的目标作了具有时代特征的科学阐释,具有重大的理论和实践意义.     

中国道教协会组织收看十六大盛况学习十六大精神

中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会于 2 0 0 2年11月 8日至 14日在北京隆重举行 ,并取得了圆满成功。江泽民同志代表十五届中央委员会 ,在大会上作了题为《全面建设小康社会 ,开创中国特色社会主义事业新局面》的重要报告。大会选举产生了新的中央委员会。 15日召开了十六届一中全会 ,选举产生了以胡锦涛同志为总书记的新一届中央领导集体。中国道教协会组织全体道职人员集体收看了十六大开幕式、闭幕式和新一届政治局常委同记者的见面会 ,认真学习了江泽民同志的报告和十六大精神。在学习和讨论中 ,大家一致认为 ,十六大开得很成功 ,是一次团…     

关于认真学习贯彻中共十七大精神的通知

各省(市、区)道教协会:为深入学习贯彻中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会精神,把道教界人士的思想和行动统一到十七大精神上来,根据中共中央《关于认真学习宣传贯彻党的十七大精神的通知》的要求,现就深入开展学习贯彻十七大精神的有关问题通知如下。     

Dopamine and the origins of human intelligence

A general theory is proposed that attributes the origins of human intelligence to an expansion of dopaminergic systems in human cognition. Dopamine is postulated to be the key neurotransmitter regulating six predominantly left-hemispheric cognitive skills critical to human language and thought: motor planning, working memory, cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning, temporal analysis/sequencing, and generativity. A dopaminergic expansion during early hominid evolution could have enabled successful chase-hunting in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, given the critical role of dopamine in counteracting hyperthermia during endurance activity. In turn, changes in physical activity and diet may have further increased cortical dopamine levels by augmenting tyrosine and its conversion to dopamine in the central nervous system (CNS). By means of the regulatory action of dopamine and other substances, the physiological and dietary changes may have contributed to the vertical elongation of the body, increased brain size, and increased cortical convolutedness that occurred during human evolution. Finally, emphasizing the role of dopamine in human intelligence may offer a new perspective on the advanced cognitive reasoning skills in nonprimate lineages such as cetaceans and avians, whose cortical anatomy differs radically from that of primates.     

Joseph Lister and the origins of antisepsis

In the mid-nineteenth century when Joseph Baron Lister was beginning his surgical career, bold new theories of medicine were being proposed with increasing frequency. Many of these new theories were in conflict as to how the body functioned and how disease and injury should be approached. They all conflicted more, however, with the older theory of vitalism which they were gradually replacing. Lister believed in vitalism and was quite bothered by the new theories, but did not react to them with hostile criticism or bombast. His typical gentlemanly style was to test them quietly against his own understandings and beliefs. This historical essay focuses upon the feelings, thoughts, and beliefs of Joseph Lister as reflected by his background and his most important experiments. It will show that the discovery which transformed surgery did not originate from any “leading edge” medical theory of the era. The antiseptic principle originated from the experimentation of a troubled vitalist in the service of the theory in which he so passionately believed.     

The origins and the worth of theism

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热烈庆祝党的十六大胜利闭幕坚决拥护党的十六大各项决议

举世瞩目的中国共产党第十六次代表大会完成了各项议程 ,胜利闭幕了。全国的道教徒同全国各族人民一样 ,欢欣鼓舞 ,并对大会的圆满成功表示衷心的祝贺 !刚刚结束的党的十六大开得非常成功 ,是一次团结的大会 ,胜利的大会 ,奋进的大会。江泽民同志的报告全面分析了当前我国面临的国际国内形势 ,科学地总结了十三年来的基本经验 ,深刻地阐明了在新世纪我国人民坚持举什么旗 ,走什么路 ,实现什么目标等重大问题。这次大会的主题是 :高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜 ,全面贯彻“三个代表”重要思想 ,继往开来 ,与时俱进 ,全面建设小康社会 ,加快推进社会…     

关于深入学习中国共产党十六大精神的通知

各地各级道教协会、道教宫观 :最近闭幕的中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会 ,具有重大的历史意义 ,在新的世纪为我国指明了前进的方向 ,开启了我国实现现代化新的伟大进军的征程。深入学习贯彻党的十六大精神 ,把全国各族人民的思想统一到十六大精神上来 ,同心同德 ,完成十六大确定的各项任务 ,确保我们国家在新世纪新阶段奋斗目标的顺利实现 ,是我们国家当前和今后一个时期的重要任务。因此 ,我会通知如下 :一、深刻领会中国共产党十六大召开的重大意义 ,全面准确把握十六大的基本精神。1、大会的主题是 :高举邓小平理论的伟大旗帜 ,全面贯…     

'Introspectionism' and the mythical origins of scientific psychology

According to the majority of the textbooks, the history of modern, scientific psychology can be tidily encapsulated in the following three stages. Scientific psychology began with a commitment to the study of mind, but based on the method of introspection. Watson rejected introspectionism as both unreliable and effete, and redefined psychology, instead, as the science of behaviour. The cognitive revolution, in turn, replaced the mind as the subject of study, and rejected both behaviourism and a reliance on introspection. This paper argues that all three stages of this history are largely mythical. Introspectionism was never a dominant movement within modern psychology, and the method of introspection never went away. Furthermore, this version of psychology's history obscures some deep conceptual problems, not least surrounding the modern conception of "behaviour," that continues to make the scientific study of consciousness seem so weird.     

The early origins and development of the scatterplot

Of all the graphic forms used today, the scatterplot is arguably the most versatile, polymorphic, and generally useful invention in the history of statistical graphics. Its use by Galton led to the discovery of correlation and regression, and ultimately to much of present multivariate statistics. So, it is perhaps surprising that there is no one widely credited with the invention of this idea. Even more surprising is that there are few contenders for this title, and this question seems not to have been raised before.This article traces some of the developments in the history of this graphical method, the origin of the term scatterplot, the role it has played in the history of science, and some of its modern descendants. We suggest that the origin of this method can be traced to its unique advantage: the possibility to discover regularity in empirical data by smoothing and other graphic annotations to enhance visual perception.