Naturalized truth and Plantinga’s evolutionary argument against naturalism

There are three major theses in Plantinga’s latest version of his evolutionary argument against naturalism. (1) Given materialism, the conditional probability of the reliability of human cognitive mechanisms produced by evolution is low; (2) the same conditional probability given reductive or non-reductive materialism is still low; (3) the most popular naturalistic theories of content and truth are not admissible for naturalism. I argue that Plantinga’s argument for (1) presupposes an anti-materialistic conception of content, and it therefore begs the question against materialism. To argue for (2), Plantinga claims that the adaptiveness of a belief is indifferent to its truth. I argue that this claim is unsupported unless it again assumes an anti-materialistic conception of content and truth. I further argue that Plantinga’s argument for (3) is not successful either, because an improved version of teleosemantics can meet his criticisms. Moreover, this version of teleosemantics implies that the truth of a belief is (probabilistically) positively related to its adaptiveness, at least for simple beliefs about physical objects in human environments. This directly challenges Plantinga’s claim that adaptiveness is indifferent to truth.     

Relations of SARS-related stressors and coping to Chinese college students' psychological adjustment during the 2003 Beijing SARS epidemic

This study examined the main and interactive relations of stressors and coping related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) with Chinese college students' psychological adjustment (psychological symptoms, perceived general health, and life satisfaction) during the 2003 Beijing SARS epidemic. All the constructs were assessed by self-report in an anonymous survey during the final period of the outbreak. Results showed that the relations of stressors and coping to psychological adjustment varied by domain of adjustment. Regression analyses suggested that the number of stressors and use of avoidant coping strategies positively predicted psychological symptoms. Active coping positively predicted life satisfaction when controlling for stressors. Moreover, all types of coping served as a buffer against the negative impact of stressors on perceived general health. These findings hold implications for university counseling services during times of acute, large-scale stressors. In particular, effective screening procedures should be developed to identify students who experience a large number of stressors and thus are at high risk for developing mental health problems. Intervention efforts that target coping should be adapted to take account of the uncontrollability of stressors and clients' cultural preferences for certain coping strategies. A multidimensional battery of psychological adjustment should be used to monitor clients' psychological adjustment to stressors and evaluate the efficacy of intervention.     

信息的实在性与非实在性

If taking information as a philosophical concept, we will find an important philosophical problem: whether or not is it of reality? This problem also produces such a paradox: If we accept its reality, we will eliminate the difference between information and matter, and attribute information to a physical phenomena,or clear up the independent features, value and significance of information. But if we deny the reality of information, we will deny the objectivity of information or existence of any objective in...     

个人社会服务与福利国家:对我国社会保障制度的启示

以收入保障为基本内容的经济神利和以个人需要为导向的个人社会服务是当代社会保障体制的两大基本方面.西方福利国家发展的经验表明,在福利国家发展的早期,社会政策的重点是各类社会保险和各种收入维持项目;随着福利国家的发展,个人社会服务的种类日益增加,成为福利国家的重要产出.改革开放以来,为了配合市场经济体制的建立,我国重点发展了以社会保险为核心内容的社会保障体制.然而,个人社会服务,作为一项重要的人类服务或公共服务,不论是在概念上还是实践上,一直都没有得到足够的重视.这种情况严重制约了我国社会保障事业的发展,不能适应 断变化的家庭结构、人口结构和社会经济转型的需要.本文认为,随着科学发展观的落实、服务型政府建设的推进,以及普惠型社会福利制度的建设,我国亟需在完善社会保险和社会救助制度的同时,积极推广和普及个人社会服务概念和实务,大力发展个人社会服务,并且确立个人社会服务在我国社会保障体系中的战略地位.     

薪酬差距:对公司盈余管理与经营绩效的影响

本文以我国993家上市公司为样本,对高管层的薪酬差距与公司盈余管理行为和公司绩效的相关性进行了实证检验.发现上市公司高管层薪酬差距的扩大,有利于减少高管层的盈余管理串谋,从而抑制为了提高薪酬而进行的盈余管理行为.同时,薪酬差距的加大会激励高管层更加努力地工作,体现在薪酬差距大的公司总资产收益率更高.这一结果印证了锦标赛理论,而组织公平理论所主张的薪酬差距的加大对组织内部合作的破坏等负面效应目前在我国上市公司中尚未产生显著的影响.     

结直肠癌相关肿瘤标志物的最新研究进展

结直肠癌是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一。其起病隐匿、病死率较高,治疗成功的关键在于早期发现、早期诊断,结直肠癌相关肿瘤标志物曾为此做出了贡献。近年又发现了许多新的结直肠癌相关肿瘤标志物,其中有的已进入临床应用,还将有更多标志物为结直肠癌的早期诊断、疗效观察、预后判断和复发监测提供新思路和新方法。     

《管子》财富哲学思想初探

财富的本质与源泉是人的感性活动即力、劳身的结果,是人的本质力量的对象化产物。人是最宝贵的财富,财富还包括劳动产品如谷物、自然财富、货币财富。财富的分配和消费具有社会权力性,社会权力是人的感性活动异化的结果。财富具有道德性,财富和道德融为一体即实德。     

从归因视角探讨公共物品两难中惩罚系统对合作的影响

社会两难中惩罚系统对合作的影响是当前的一个研究热点。前人研究发现惩罚系统可以促进合作,但也有学者提出惩罚系统对合作动机具有破坏作用,存在不一致结论。且这些研究大多只关注金钱惩罚而忽略了社会惩罚。本文采用2(惩罚类型:金钱,社会)×2(惩罚频率:高,低)×2(阶段:有惩罚,无惩罚)混合设计,利用"惩罚撤除"实验范式,比较了社会高低频惩罚和金钱高低频惩罚对合作、归因以及预期的影响。并探讨了合作、归因、预期之间的相互关系,结果发现:(1)金钱和社会惩罚均可提高被试合作水平;(2)金钱高频惩罚减少了对合作行为的内归因,惩罚撤除后合作行为下降,而低频惩罚没有出现下降效应;(3)社会惩罚增加了对合作的内归因,高低频惩罚在移除之后均保持较高水平,且之前的惩罚频率越高,保持效果越好;(4)合作、预期与内归因正相关,外归因负相关,同时合作与预期正相关。     

现代人为什么不重视美德

现代人重视权利而不重视美德。必须通过对传统社会到现代社会之历史转变过程的全面考察,才能理解现代人为何不再重视美德。现代性有强烈的去道德化倾向。现代政治、经济和科学都表现出不同程度的去道德化倾向。正因为如此,道德"场"大为弱化。人们觉得不需要过多的美德,过多的美德是浪费(品质浪费),这是现代人不重视美德的内在原因;现代社会不容有太多具有美德的人,这是现代人不重视美德的外在原因。     

试论20世纪邪教泛滥的根源

20世纪,在世界范围内,邪教作为一种"坏"意识,几成泛滥之势,它不仅使世界各国以"理性"自居的人类痴迷于其中,成为自己的俘虏,也使中国人民饱受生命之辱,使国家深受信仰之痛。本文,从马克思主义哲学的立场出发,对邪教产生的各种根源进行解释,对其唯心的意识根源进行彻底地揭示,对其发展的社会根源从社会存在方面给以有力地批判。