Emotional Attachment and Its Limits: Mengzi,Gaozi and the Guodian Discussions

Mengzi maintained that both benevolence (ren 仁) and rightness (yi義) are naturally-given in human nature. This view has occupied a dominant place in Confucian intellectual history. In Mencius 6A, Mengzi’s interlocutor, Gaozi, contests this view, arguing that rightness is determined by (doing what is fitting, in line with) external circumstances. I discuss here some passages from the excavated Guodian texts, which lend weight to Gaozi’s view. The texts reveal nuanced considerations of relational proximity and its limits, setting up requirements for moral action in scenarios where relational ties do not play a motivational role. I set out yi’s complexity in these discussions, highlighting its implications for (i) the nei-wai debate; (ii) the notion of yi as “rightness,” or doing the right thing; and (iii) how we can understand the connection between virtue and right action in these early Confucian debates. This material from the excavated texts not only provides new perspectives on a longstanding investigation of human nature and morality, it also challenges prevailing views on Warring States Confucian intellectual history.     

辩证法与过程哲学的对话 --科布教授访谈录

问:科布教授,很感谢您就"辩证法与过程哲学的对话"这一话题接受我的访问.正如您所知,辩证法是马克思哲学极为重要的理论基础之一.中国一些学者试图充分吸取现当代哲学的理论成果,从更大的理论视野对辩证法的当代形态及其哲学内涵进行新的阐释.在您看来,在辩证法与过程哲学之间,是否存在可沟通和对话的思想空间?如果答案是肯定的,那么,这种沟通和对话何以成为可能?     

中国背景下雇员主动离职模型的探索和验证研究

雇员主动离职研究持续多年,但是这些研究缺乏对过程变量的关注和整个离职模型的整合。本文在以往研究的基础上,针对以上不足,初步提出了中国背景下雇员主动离职模型,并通过实证研究对模型加以验证。模型为企业管理实践提供了一定的应用价值。     

Characterizing the musical phenotype in individuals with Williams Syndrome.

Williams Syndrome (WS), a neurodevelopmental genetic disorder, is characterized by peaks and valleys in mental function: substantial impairments in cognitive domains such as reasoning, arithmetic ability, and spatial cognition, alongside relatively preserved skills in social domains, face processing, language, and music. We report the results of a comprehensive survey on musical behaviors and background administered to the largest sample of individuals with WS to date (n = 118, mean age = 20.4), and compare the results to those obtained from a control group of typically developing normal individuals (n = 118, mean age = 20.9) and two groups of individuals with other neurodevelopmental genetic disorders, Autism (n = 30, mean age = 18.2) and Down Syndrome (n = 40, mean age = 17.2). Individuals with WS were found to be rated higher in musical accomplishment, engagement, and interest than either of the comparison groups, and equivalent on most measures to the control group. Compared to all other groups including the controls, the WS individuals displayed greater emotional responses to music, manifested interest in music at an earlier age, and spent more hours per week listening to music. In addition, the effects of music listening (whether positive or negative) tended to last longer in the WS group. A factor analysis extracted seven principal components that characterize the musical phenotype in our sample, and discriminant function analysis of those factors was able to successfully predict group membership for the majority of cases. We discuss the neurobiological implications of these findings.     

A Tale of Two Standards: An Examination of Young Adults�� Endorsement of Gendered and Ageist Sexual Double Standards

Current North American sexual standards allow women to be sexual within committed relationships but may still restrict women??s sexuality to a greater extent than men??s. We investigated whether these gender double standards interact with an age double standard that describes the elderly as less sexual than the young, to create particularly limiting sexual standards for older women. 305 Canadian undergraduates completed a 2 (target age) × 2 (target gender) × 2 (participant gender) within-subjects study measuring perceptions of younger (own age) and older (over 65 years old) men??s and women??s interest in traditional sex (e.g., cuddling, intercourse with main partner) and experimental sex (e.g., extra-relationship sex, viewing erotic materials). ANCOVAs controlling for ageist and sexist beliefs revealed the ageist double standard; the elderly were perceived to be less interested in sex overall than the young. There was also a sexual double standard; women were perceived to be more interested in traditional sex than men, and men more interested in experimental sex than women. For traditional sex, women perceived younger targets as more interested than the older targets, and women targets as more interested than men. For experimental sex, a three-way interaction showed the interplay between the sexual and ageist double standards. Elderly female targets were perceived as least interested, and young male targets as most interested. Results reinforce that the current sexual standards distinguish between sex for intimacy and sex for other reasons (e.g., pleasure) and that the standards are particularly restrictive for older women.     

VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS COGNITION: A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO SELF-UNDERSTANDING IN THREE MONOTHEIST CONTEXTS

This study considered representations of divine and human others in the self-understanding of monotheists from three religions. Self-understanding was conceptualized on the basis of semantic and episodic knowledge in narrative response data. Given the importance of social context in the formation of cognitive schemas, the project emphasized self-understanding in a comparative religious design. The sample included sixty nominated religious exemplars who responded to a structured interview. Schemas were subsequently mapped for Jews, Muslims, and Christians by comparison of self and other representations in a computational model known as latent semantic analysis (LSA). Findings indicated that representation of the divine is far removed from parents in cognitive schemas for all participants. Unlike Jews and Christians, Muslims appear to represent human others on the basis of self-understanding which principally references the divine. When considered in a computational semantic space, exemplars generally represent the self in a manner corresponding with divine and peer figures.     

论道教三官信仰及其宗教象征意义

"三官大帝"是道教中的重要神灵,本文通过对其职司和封号进行分析,剖解其宗教象征意义。在辨析"三官大帝"所包含的宗教象征意义的过程中,以微观考察的方式理解宏观意义上的道教历史,从而揭示道教发展过程中普遍的宗教现象与特殊的宗教现象。     

Effects of practice on variability, effects of variability on transfer

Five experiments examined how practice early in skill acquisition affected variability and accuracy during skill retention (Experiments 1-5) and skill transfer (Experiments 3, 4, 5). Lag constraints required that each path from apex to base of a computer-generated pyramid display differ from some number (the lag) of immediately prior paths. Location constraints specified end points at which paths must exit the pyramid. In all experiments, an early optimal period for acquiring a variability level was identified. Both low and high levels of variability were sustained during retention; high levels facilitated transfer. The results suggest that (a) early practice that requires high variability sensitizes learners to changes in condition and (b) such perception-performance links facilitate transfer by activating appropriate alternative strategies/schema or initiating their construction.     

确立"哲学创作"与"哲学研究"的良性循环关系——对哲学发展中一个前提性问题的思考

一“哲学创作”与“哲学研究”的良性循环关系是哲学健康发展的必要条件完整的哲学活动应该包括既相对独立、又不可分离的两个方面:一是“哲学研究”,二是“哲学创作”。哲学的健康发展有赖于“哲学研究”和“哲学创作”的良性循环关系的建立。在两者关系中,前者是后者的基础和准备,而后者则是前者的源泉和目的。两者既相对独立,同时又良性互动,从而形成一种双方相互支撑和促进的“理论生态”,这是哲学健康发展的必要条件。从基本次序而言,“哲学创作”应该先于“哲学研究”。哲学所“研究”者为何?最主要的无疑是哲学史上由哲学家所创造出…     

广东汕头大学高年级学生心理健康及压力调适研究

目的研究汕头大学高年级大学生心理压力特点及心理压力的调适。方法对128名毕业班的高年级大学生进行问卷调查,分析不同专业、性别与各压力的相关性,并了解其压力调适特点。结果大学毕业生的就业压力比其它压力重,不同专业大学生之间压力程度无显著差异。结论大学毕业生压力总体上仍属于轻度压力,在压力源中就业压力占主要地位,大学校园不应忽视对毕业生的就业指导及心理辅导。