A Conundrum Concerning Creation

In this paper, I expose a conundrum regarding divine creation as Leibniz conceives of such creation. What energizes the conundrum is that the concept of omnibenevolence—“consequential omnibenevolence”—that the Leibnizian argument for the view that the actual world is the best of all possible worlds presupposes, appears to sanction the conclusion that God has no practical reasons to create the actual world.

《商君书》各篇的作者、创作时间及其成书考

《商君书》的成书情况十分复杂,它不是一时一人之作,应该是历时性的产物。具体而言,《商君书》中的《墾令》《境内》《农战》《战法》《立本》《兵守》《开塞》《君臣》《立法》这九篇都可能是商鞅所作。《更法》《去强》《说民》《弱民》《赏刑》《徕民》《慎法》《外内》这八篇大约成书在商鞅死后到秦昭王之间,其中《更法》篇当为战国时的史官所作,余为商鞅后学或当时崇尚商鞅学说的法家者流所作。《算地》《错法》《壹言》《靳令》《修权》《画策》《禁使》《定分》这八篇应该是战国末期至秦始皇统一天下前的作品,其中《定分》篇可能是《商君书》中最晚的作品。而把它们结集成书,则极有可能是在秦始皇统一六国后开始推行"书同文,车同轨"时官方主导下所为。     

Teaching Creation: A Modular Approach

Abstract. The present article describes a modular approach to teaching Genesis 1–3 that values depth over breadth even in an introductory class. The module allows students to learn about the text and its original context by orienting discussion around contemporary issues of practical concern. Specifically, the creation‐evolution debates provide an opportunity for students to learn about contemporary political, social, and legal implications of interpreting Genesis 1–3. The conflict of traditional and modern values emerges also in issues surrounding gender and autonomy in Genesis 2–3. This pedagogical approach challenges various student worldviews to promote discussion and greater intellectual sophistication. The correlation of the text with ongoing contemporary issues engages student interest and motivates learning. It also allows the class to explore both the ancient text and its interpretation in diverse communities. Finally, the module allows considerable flexibility for student and teacher interest and the needs of a given class. Several additional resources related to this article appear online at: http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/journal/article.aspx?id=11063 . These include (1) a schedule of possible readings, assignments, and lesson plans, (2) selections from ancient commentary on Genesis 2–3 from scattered sources, and (3) a bibliographic essay noting the usefulness of selected resources related to the module.     

时间心理学的新探索

时间是心理过程的存在方式,也是人格特征的存在方式。本文在综述国内外有关研究成果的基础上,对时间心理学研究的最新领域和热点问题进行了探索,主要包括三个方面：（1）时间知觉与意识,主要研究时间知觉和意识过程的关系,特别是探讨意识过程的时限和时间整合问题;（2）时间认知的脑机制,主要利用事件相关电位和脑成像技术探索时间信息加工的时程和功能定位问题;（3）时间人格研究,主要探讨时间洞察力的内涵和时间管理倾向的理论及其应用。     

A New Paradox of Time Travel

Time travel and its associated paradoxes are a topic of academic discussion that has historically been of interest only in physics and philosophy. This paper presents a new paradox of time travel that puts psychological issues at the forefront. The new time traveller faces conflicts between agency and agency awareness that are not addressed in other paradoxes. Further, in considering these other paradoxes it is seen how concerns about the time traveller's psychological state can lead to new challenges to the accepted deterministic paradox resolutions.     

Making Time Matter: A Review of Research on Time and Meaning

In this conceptual article, we review three decades of research on time and meaning in consumer research and psychology to identify key themes that have emerged, build frameworks that integrate past research, and reveal areas of potential for future empirical exploration. We begin by carving out a conceptual understanding of meaning in life and identifying time as a key lens through which the pursuit of meaning can be viewed. We then review extant research on how to spend and construe time in ways that enhance meaning, relying on two frameworks—one anchored in three dimensions of meaning (purpose, mattering, and comprehension) and the other in three levels of time (momentary, day‐to‐day, and lifetime). We conclude by outlining several directions for future research focused on deepening our understanding of how consumers can think about and use their time in ways that boost their sense of meaning in life.     

A Puzzle Concerning Time Perception

According to a plausible and influential account of perceptual knowledge, the truth-makers of beliefs that constitute perceptual knowledge must feature in the causal explanation of how we acquire those beliefs. However, this account runs into difficulties when it tries to accommodate time perception – specifically perception of order and duration – since the features we are apparently tracking in such perception are (it is argued) not causal. The central aim of the paper is to solve this epistemological puzzle. Two strategies are examined. The first strategy locates the causal truth-makers within the psychological mechanism underlying time perception, thus treating facts about time order and duration as mind-dependent. This strategy, however, is problematic. The second strategy modifies the causal account of perceptual knowledge to include a non-causal component in the explanation of belief-acquisition, namely chronometric explanation. Applying this much more satisfactory approach to perceptual knowledge of time, we can preserve the mind-independence of order and duration, but not that of time's flow.     

时间隐喻研究述评

综述了近十多年来时间隐喻研究的现况,分析了时间隐喻表征的主要维度,结果表明大多数研究都认为时间隐喻的原型为空间-时间隐喻。从运动方式、方向和形状论述了空间－时间隐喻的构念特点,并讨论了空间-时间隐喻产生的心理机制以及关于空间、时间图式在隐喻映射中的相互关系的几种理论构想和实证研究。由于现有研究主要宏观地对时间隐喻进行了语义分析和跨文化研究,未来研究将更侧重于微观地研究时间隐喻的认知过程及其与人格间的相互影响     

刘兆吉创建美育心理学的阶段分析

把刘兆吉先生创建美育心理学、发展文艺心理学的创新的全程，分为八个阶段：创新萌发期、创新奠基期、创新积累期、创新融合期、压抑中断期、创新始创期、创新拓展期、创新再新期，丰富了人生创造心理发展的阶段理论，为我们培育创新人才，提供了启示。     

A Story of Losses and the Creation of an Alternate World

The author presents a clinical case to illustrate the consequences of a history of loss, beginning with the early death of the mother. The creation of a complex defensive system based on internal division and manifested through the existence of an alternate world is analyzed. The author stresses the importance for the patient of re-experiencing the sense of emptiness within an analytical setting and learning to tolerate it thanks to dependence on the auxiliary self of the analyst. D. W. Winnicott?s suggestion of a relationship between the experience of emptiness and the fear of breakdown are also discussed.     

A Sacramental Vision: Environmental Degradation and the Aesthetics of Creation

This article contends that Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological focus on seeing the form of God's glory in creation constitutes a critical resource for elaborating a contemporary Christian theology responsive to the crisis of environmental degradation. In particular, in this article Martin Heidegger's reflections on the environmental dangers present in modern technology provide the framework for analyzing the ecological significance of Balthasar's retrieval of a Christian sacramental ontology.     

The Creation of Rural Child-Friendly Spaces: A Spatial Planning Perspective

Applied Research in Quality of Life - The importance of child-friendly spaces is well captured in literature. Despite this, child-friendly spaces are a scare commodity in modern environments,...     

周期性时间推理研究

1　引言　　时间推理是人们对时间顺序进行推论的心理过程。通过时间推理 ,人们可以间接地认知过去或者未来的时间。虽然Ｃａｌｔｏｎ( 1 883 ) ,Ｇｕｉｌｆｏｒｄ( 1 92 6) ,Ｏｓｗａｌｄ( 1 960 ) ,Ｗａｒｎｅｒ和Ｋａｐｌａｎ( 1 963 )以及Ｓｅｙｍｏｕｒ( 1 980 )等对时间推理进行过早期的研究 ,但较有价值的研究成果是Ｆｒｉｅｄｍａｎ( 1 982 ,1 983 ,1 984 ,1 986,1 989,1 990 )对月份顺序时间推论所提出的表象—词表模型 (ｉｍａｇｅ ｖｅｒｂａｌｌｉｓｔｍｏｄｅｌ)。Ｆｒｉｅｄｍａｎ把对月份顺序的推理加工的表征称为词表系统 ,…