Pathogens promote matrilocal family ties and the copying of foreign religions

Within the same pathogen-stress framework as proposed by Fincher & Thornhill (F&T), we argue further that pathogen stress promotes matrilocal rather than patrilocal family ties which, in turn, slow down the process of modernity; and that pathogen stress promotes social learning or copying, including the adoption of foreign religions.     

Spatial orienting in the visual field: a unified perceptual space?

Visual attention can be oriented toward a spatial location in the visual field exogenously by an abrupt onset of a peripheral cue. In a series of behavioral studies on exogenous orienting of attention with a double-cue paradigm, we demonstrated a functional subdivision of perceptual space in the visual field. Specifically, inhibition of return (IOR) is much stronger at periphery relative to perifoveal visual field up to approximately 15° eccentricity, suggesting two dissociable functional areas in the visual field. To further investigate the generality of this functional subdivision of the visual field, we measured IOR effects with another single-cue paradigm and applied a very short cue-target interval that was typically anticipated not to observe any inhibitory effect at all. Consistent with this expectation, no IOR effects at the eccentricities up to 15° were observed. However, significant IOR effects beyond 15° eccentricities were consistently demonstrated. These results not only revealed an early onset of IOR for more peripheral stimuli, but also confirmed that the perceptual space in the visual field is not homogeneous but underlies a functional subdivision with a border of ca. 15° eccentricity.     

析"物不迁义"之双重论旨--兼评澄观镇澄对物不迁义之诘难

<物不迁论>之主旨非言物性,乃言动静关系,物不迁义含俗谛义、真谛义双重论旨.以俗谛义解之,物不迁义乃以俗谛破俗谛,重在破执;以真谛义解之,则有"立"之意义,立万法假有性空、动静皆空义,契合般若空观.此二义前者为明为显,文之所重;后者为暗为隐,隐而未发.以此双重论旨解之,则对物不迁义之聚讼纷争及澄观、镇澄所提诘难皆可迎刃而解.     

石竹山道院"梦与中西文化学术研讨会"述评

2008年10月6日至8日,以"梦与中西文化"为主题的学术研讨会在有着"中华梦乡"之称的福清市石竹山隆重举行.该次会议由石竹山道院以及国家"985"工程四川大学宗教与社会研究创新基地、厦门大学道学与传统文化研究中心联合发起主办,福建省易学研究会,福建省老子研究会协办,并于学术会议开幕当天隆重举行了<百年道学研究精华集成>和<石竹山道院文丛>首发式.     

中国文化背景下的“关系”研究述评

通过系统的文献回顾,本文对关系的内涵、类型、测量维度及作用进行了梳理,指出了关系研究的新视角.在明晰关系研究现状的基础上,初步探析其研究局限及研究趋势.     

类比与象征:托马斯宗教语言观及其当代沿革

我们的日常语言如何言说超验的上帝,这是宗教语言观的问题.托马斯发展了柏拉图和亚里士多德的类比理论,提出了自己的类比的宗教语言观.这是中世纪最重要的解决方案之一,但是这也只是部分地解决,托马斯宗教语言观也存在着自己的理论困境.当代学者中,詹姆斯·罗斯继承并发展了托马斯的类比理论,而蒂利希则采取了象征理论的路径来归避托马斯的理论缺失,以求对这一宗教语言观的问题得到满意的解决.     

从苏北调查看当前农村存在问题

农村经济改革虽已整整30年,深入细致的农村调查后便不难发现目前需要解决的问题仍然成霍.包括需要进一步深化经济体制改革方面的问题;新农村建设中如何提高财政投入资金使用效率和充分发挥农民的主体作用问题;还有农民权益保护方面的问题.