越描越黑

就在前不久的2005年2月26日,中央电视台新闻联播播放了一条新闻,表扬华中科技大学“建设网络教育新型平台,拓展思想政治教育领域”。报道中,华中科大党委副书记刘献君说:“过去我们的人文讲座,是在教室里面。现在大学生自己把它搬到网上直播……扩大了覆盖面,提高了教育效果。”点评:所谓“过去我们的人文讲座”,不知是否包括那个     

More Triviality

This paper uses the framework of Popper and Miller's work on axiom systems for conditional probabilities to explore Adams' thesis concerning the probabilities of conditionals. It is shown that even very weak axiom systems have only a very restricted set of models satisfying a natural generalisation of Adams' thesis, thereby casting severe doubt on the possibility of developing a non-Boolean semantics for conditionals consistent with it.     

More Dyke Methods

In response to a commentary by Jacquelyn N. Zita on the essay “Dyke Methods,” the three principles of that work—” I speak only for myself,”“I do not try to get other wimmm to accept my beliefs in place of their own,” and “There is no given,” are further clarified and developed.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Jonathan G. Campbell, Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls , Second Edition
Tina Beattie, God's Mother, Eve's Advocate: A Marian Narrative of Women's Salvation     

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Re-issues reviewed:
Jaroslav Pelikan, Mary through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture
W. Cantwell Smith, Patterns of Faith around the World     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Paul Dundas, The Jains, Second Edition
Mary Pat Fisher, Religions Today: An Introduction
Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1–4:11, Second Edition
D. Moody Smith, John Among the Gospels Second Edition
Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis (eds), Asceticism     

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Short notices of reissued books:
Paul F. Bradshaw, The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy , Second Edition
Paul D. Hanson, The People Called: The Growth of Community in the Bible
Walter Brueggemann, The Bible Makes Sense , Revised Edition with a New Introduction
Richard N. Soulen and R. Kendall Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism , Third Edition
Douglas Stuart, Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors , Third Edition
Stanley Hauerwas, Wilderness Wanderings: Probing Twentieth–Century Theology and Philosophy
David Weiss Halivni, Revelation Restored: Divine Writ and Critical Responses
Sallie McFague, Speaking in Parables
Frances Young, The Making of the Creeds
Karl Barth, Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century: Its Background and History , New Edition
John Macquarrie, Twentieth–Century Religious Thought , Fifth Edition
Patrick Sherry, Spirit and Beauty: An Introduction to Theological Aesthetics , Second Edition
Douglas J. Davies, Death, Ritual and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites , Second Edition