比较视阈的中美医学伦理学教学——以武汉大学与芝加哥大学为例

中美两国都很重视医者人文素质的培养, 都重视医学伦理学教学。在与芝加哥大学的交流活动中, 武汉大学积极总结经验, 锐意改革, 取得了若干成果。其值得推广的经验包括:注重医学伦理教育的持续性, 构建长效教育机制;注重医学基础课程的道德教化功能, 形成隐性的医德渗透机制;注重临床医生的参与, 确立理论与实践的融通机制;审视中国传统文化特色与医疗现状, 培育域外教学方法的本土化机制;重视医学伦理学学科建设, 建立生命伦理学与医学伦理学的整合机制。     

易学图型与佛学圆相在中国哲学发展中的逻辑演进及其意义之管窥

唐、宋时期,将范畴及学说进行图型表达的哲学发展过程中,儒释道也有近似的发展趋向,其中,以圆相为基础图型的佛学阐释和易学图型太极图及其学说,便是哲学图型发展中的典型案例。虽然,佛学圆相大致是由本体论层面的图型诠释而落实到具体修行次第及勘验方式,易学太极图及其学说则由尽可能完善图型诠释而至充实宇宙本体论,但儒释道不同形式的图型演绎,却有异曲同工之妙,更在提高传统哲学思辨水平及丰富思想资源上各有贡献。本文尝试通过述说太极图所出渊源之历史疑问,由此引出相关图型演进问题,进而述说佛学圆相法的运用,以两相陈述相关学说具体发展脉络的方式,尝试对传统哲学图型法的逻辑演进做个初步展示,并联系康德哲学图型法阐释,略窥所涉图型演进问题的意义。     

Peat Bogs,Sperm, and Family Values: Teaching Naturalism Charitably

Introductory courses dealing with sex, gender and sexuality often assign excerpts from Thomas Aquinas as an exemplar of the naturalist view. Given that most novice students tend to side against such naturalism uncritically, they need to be exposed to a more charitable account of the biological considerations motivating a stance like Aquinas.’ With that in mind, this article presents accessible arguments aimed at restoring deliberative balance in the classroom.     

On Adjoint and Brain Functors

There is some consensus among orthodox category theorists that the concept of adjoint functors is the most important concept contributed to mathematics by category theory. We give a heterodox treatment of adjoints using heteromorphisms (object-to-object morphisms between objects of different categories) that parses an adjunction into two separate parts (left and right representations of heteromorphisms). Then these separate parts can be recombined in a new way to define a cognate concept, the brain functor, to abstractly model the functions of perception and action of a brain. The treatment uses relatively simple category theory and is focused on the interpretation and application of the mathematical concepts.