历史研究中的信仰问题——以科林·布朗的《历史与信仰:个人的探询》为理论个案

既然历史事实中内含历史学家(历史叙述者)的"我信"、历史言说中有见证者的"我信"、历史事件中的经历者的"我信",既然历史学的对象是历史言说中的历史事件(口传史)与历史叙述中的历史事件(文献史),那么,历史学最终要面对信仰问题。科林.布朗的《历史与信仰:个人的探询》的写作,就是这方面探讨的尝试。该书遵循在历史中理解信仰(包括启示、神迹、圣道、上帝)的原则。对于汉语思想中的历史学界而言,他大量引述神学家的历史文献,无疑使我们意识到信仰在历史书写中、乃至在历史研究中不可忽视的作用,使我们自觉到基督教在理解西方历史传统中不可替代的价值。     

Axiomatizations of Hyperbolic Geometry: A Comparison Based on Language and Quantifier Type Complexity

Hyperbolic geometry can be axiomatized using the notions of order andcongruence (as in Euclidean geometry) or using the notion of incidencealone (as in projective geometry). Although the incidence-based axiomatizationmay be considered simpler because it uses the single binary point-linerelation of incidence as a primitive notion, we show that it issyntactically more complex. The incidence-based formulation requires some axioms of the quantifier-type \forall\exists\forall, while the axiom system based on congruence and order can beformulated using only \forall\exists-axioms.     

Axiomatizations with Context Rules of Inference in Modal Logic

A certain type of inference rules in (multi-) modal logics, generalizing Gabbay's Irreflexivity rule, is introduced and some general completeness results about modal logics axiomatized with such rules are proved.     

Commonsense beliefs about depression and antidepressive behaviour: A study of social consensus

The present study examines consensus in endorsed beliefs about depression and antidepressive behaviour in a group of 100 psychologists. Ss were given 20 pairs of items and asked to indicate which member of each pair they felt was ‘nearer the truth’. The numbers (and percentages) of Ss choosing each item was examined for each pair. Consensus was found to span the range from 100% agreement to near-complete disagreement and to be distributed roughly normally within the sample of items. People tended to agree about propositions that could be verified by an individual's own firsthand experience and observation and to disagree about more abstract matters that the ‘experts’ are still debating. The congruence of these findings with previous results in the present series of studies is discussed and suggestions for further exploration in the realm of ‘what everybody knows’ about depression and how to deal with it are given.     

Systematic Exclusion: A Case Study

Suspension removes a troublesome pupil from school but it merely relocates the problem and does nothing to teach him/her new coping behaviours. This paper is an account of how a behaviour-modification programme, systematic exclusion, was implemented as an alternative to suspension, with a pupil whose classroom behaviour was extremely disruptive. It outlines how, in this particular case, the difficulties of implementing such a programme in a secondary school were overcome.     

Stepfamily Education: A Case Study

Stepfamily education programs are becoming increasingly common. While research on these programs is also increasing, the extant literature tends to be quantitative and cross-sectional. To more fully understand the stepfamily education experience, this case study focuses on the perceptions, feelings, and reports of one participating couple in the Smart Steps program. The nuances and complexities of this single case highlight the sequentiality and reasons for seeking out and participating in stepfamily education. A holistic portrayal of the perceived benefits of attending is also provided, including improvements with spouse, ex-spouse, and children.     

Intercultural Study of Personal Space: A Case Study

The study of intercultural differences in personal space attempts to identify factors that could be helpful in guiding people from different cultures to live and work together in international ventures. The objective of this research was to measure interpersonal distance in a cross-cultural environment. Twenty-three participants classified in 4 cultural groups answered an 11-questions interview where the personal distance and orientation between seated interactants were measured. Results showed that Anglo Saxons used the largest zone of personal space, followed by Asians, then Caucasians, and, as expected, Mediterraneans and Latinos used the shortest distance. Where Latinos adopt a face-to-face position, Caucasians tend to orient themselves to the side of the interviewer, which has an impact on interpersonal communication.     

Begging the Question: A Case Study

The essay starts by presenting two accounts of begging the question, John Biro's epistemic account and David Sanford's doxastic account. After briefly comparing these accounts, the essay will study an argument suspected of begging the question and subsequently apply the epistemic and doxastic accounts to this test case. It is found that the accounts of Biro and Sanford do not analyse the test case adequately, therefore a new account is developed using the idea of a knowledge-base.     

一例一般心理问题的咨询案例分析报告

本文详细介绍了一例因为英语四级考试没有通过引发的一般心理问题的咨询过程。来访者韩某,女,20岁,是一名大二学生,因为英语四级考试没有通过而出现了睡眠质量差,学习效率下降,情绪低落等症状,来访者主动求助于校心理健康中心,迫切希望改变现状,能够正常的学习生活。咨询师在和来访者商议后根据其个性特征和问题的特点采用了合理情绪疗法对其进行干预,帮助她改变了其非理性的信念,经过咨询,来访者情绪好转,可以正确看待困难,取得了比较好的咨询效果。     

Creating Alternative Reality: A Case Study

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis - The sense of reality that underlie political beliefs are created through a group process that emerges from the intersection of the psyches of leaders and...     

Hidden Underdetermination: A Case Study in Classical Electrodynamics

In this article, I present a case study of underdetermination in nineteenth-century electrodynamics between a pure field theory and a formulation in terms of action at a distance. A particular focus is on the question if and how this underdetermination is eventually resolved. It turns out that after a period of overt underdetermination, during which the approaches are developed separately, the two programmes are merged. On the basis of this development, I argue that the original underdetermination survives in hidden form in ontological and methodological redundancies of the subsequent particle–field electrodynamics. Implications regarding criteria for theory choice and the realism debate are briefly addressed.     

Developmental Deep Dyslexia in Japanese: A Case Study

This report demonstrates the existence of developmental deep dyslexia involving Japanese orthography. When asked to read (or name) isolated kanji, T.S., a sixth grader with a normal IQ and no speech impairment, produced a number of visual, selection, and semantic errors. It is suggested that these errors arise from an interaction between phonological coding impairment and the relative sparing of direct visual processing, which are taken to be characteristic of developmental deep dyslexia. A selection hypothesis is presented to explain selection errors, semantic errors, and some peculiar phenomena observed in acquired dyslexics.     

A Social Version of Gerotranscendence: Case Study

This article reexamines the concept of gerotranscendence in the light of anthropological findings. Particular social patterns in a nursing home reveal a unique reality communal to its tenants. The author assumes that the tenants' spontaneous patterns of social gathering construct a collective death consciousness which is spiritual in its nature. Tornstam's term another paradigm seems suitable not only for a developmental shift in old age but also for the situational shift in the daily life of the subjects. Anthropological concepts, as well as contextual and inter-subjective parameters, join to indicate that some gerotranscendence dimensions are experienced in what the author terms as sitting and giving episodes.     

Diagnosis of Personality Disorders: A Case Study

In this article, I report a case highlighting diagnostic uncertainty about psychopathology on both Axes I and II. It concerns in part the problem of comorbidity in relation to diagnostic classification of Axis II personality disorders. After commenting on these uncertainties in relation to categorical and dimensional models, I also consider a psychoanalytic explanation to illustrate an example in which a theoretical model informs diagnostic interviewing. I emphasize how the clinical information that unfolds from an interview based on this theoretical model generates inferences about psychopathology that extend clinical understanding beyond the formal diagnostic assessment of Axes I and II disorders and assessment by self-report.