Curriculum, Critical Common-Sensism, Scholasticism, and the Growth of Democratic Character

My paper concentrates on Peirce’s late essay, “Issues of Pragmaticism,” which identifies “critical common-sensism” and Scotistic realism as the two primary products of pragmaticism. I argue that the doctrines of Peirce’s critical common-sensism provide a host of commendable curricular objectives for democratic Bildung. The second half of my paper explores Peirce’s Scotistic realism. I argue that Peirce eventually returned to Aristotelian intuitions that led him to a more robust realism. I focus on the development of signs from the vague and indeterminate to the determinate and universal. The primary example will be the evolution of the very idea of number. I believe we will never arrive at the end of number history because we can never fully contain creativity. I draw similar conclusions for the idea of curriculum. Whether or not there is an end to the evolution of signs in Peirce is a matter of debate. I incline toward the opinion there is not, though I am unsure. I conclude by arguing that rationality itself is but the form and structure of poetic creation and that we should embrace paradox and even contradiction rather that become caught in totalizing and totalitarian end of history stories.     

Ist die linguistische Theorie des logischen Apriori obsolet?

The linguistic theory of the logical A Priori: is it obsolete In holistic interpretations, the logical truths are considered as continuous with empirical science: they are revisable, a posteriori, though very near to the centre of our web of belief. In this paper, we consider the merits and demerits of this approach, and we propose that it is necessary to revaluate holistic philosophies of logic. Some arguments are put forward which point in favour of the logical empiricists’ theory of logical truth. We argue (following Hartry Field) that the concept of “correlation between logical facts and logical beliefs” (which is at the heart of the holistic theory) is inconsistent. Finally, we concentrate on the principle of contradiction and argue (following Manley Thompson) that this principle is fundamental for meaning, truth, and thinking. This thesis is derived from considerations on the nature of intentionality. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

基督教普世主义及其矛盾

本文主要从教会论而非救赎论的层面来讨论基督教普世主义,目的是探讨普世主义教会观产生的源头、发展线索以及在实践中的矛盾表现。本文认为从教会教义的形成与发展以及圣经教训内容本身两方面来看,普世主义教会观直接秉承罗马普世主义思想文化资源;论述了古代和中世纪教会普世主义的矛盾发展及其引发教会分裂的历史过程,认为难以解决的矛盾主要表现在制定教会教义与确立教会权威这两个问题上;探讨了普世主义在20世纪取得突飞猛进的原因,并简略讨论了普世主义在中国新教教会中的情况。     

移植物抗宿主病与移植物抗肿瘤的处置

移植物抗宿主病与移植物抗肿瘤是当前异基因造血干细胞移植中一对不可调和的矛盾。在解决这一矛盾方面,科学家们已取得了很大的进展。随着移植学、免疫学的发展和认识的深入,最终能够最大限度的削弱移植物抗宿主病,增强移植物抗肿瘤效应,提高移植后患者的生存质量。     

个体化降压的临床意义

高血压是由多种病因和发病机制引起的一种慢性疾病,可以导致多种靶器官功能损害,并最终导致严重的心、脑血管并发症,危及人类的健康和生命。如何做到有效的预防和治疗是目前面,临的问题。本文分析了高血压控制的现状,以矛盾的特殊性原理为指导,从高血压的病因和发病机制、临床特点以及药物对个体的敏感性等诸多方面出发,阐述了高血压患者个体差异性。高血压患者个体差异性决定每一个个体综合控制策略的不同,运用“具体问题具体分析”的方法,为每一个个体制定个体化的血压控制方案,以期达到理想的高血压整体控制水平。     

Chinese Buddhist Religious Disputation

From about the fourth to the tenth century Buddhist monks in China engaged in formal, semi-public, religious disputation. I describe the Indian origins of this disputation and outline its settings, procedures, and functions. I then propose that this disputation put its participants at risk of performative contradiction with Buddhist tenets about language and salvation, and I illustrate how some chinese Buddhists attempted to transcend these contradictions, subverting disputation through creative linguistic and extra- linguistic strategies.     

京氏易学中的阴阳对待与流行——兼论京易纳甲、建候、积算的建构原则

本文从《京氏易传》入手,对京氏易学中阴阳二气的对待与流行进行了阐发。文章指出,京氏通过纳甲、卦变、飞伏、游魂、归魂、建候、积算诸说将“一阴一阳”之《易》道具体到实处,构建了一幅生生不息的、立体的阴阳对待流行图;其纳支、建候、积算则依历法及音律之隔八生律法纳入。     

关于阵发性心房纤颤是否需要抗凝治疗的思考

阵发性心房纤颤与持续性心房纤颤同样面临着缺血性脑卒中风险,而关于阵发性房颤是否需要华法林抗凝治疗是目前争论热点问题。阵发性房颤是否抗凝治疗使患者面临着严重出血或血栓栓塞风险。循证医学论证了阵发性房颤抗凝治疗必要性及风险性,并且由于阵发性房颤患者有着不同的脑卒中及出血风险,个体差异的绝对性和多样性客观上要求对患者进行风险／效益比评估,在循证医学基础上进行个体化治疗。     

循证医学与个体化治疗的共存和矛盾

从人体个体差异的绝对性出发,论述了个体化治疗与循证医学共存的必然性及两者之间的矛盾。循证医学的结论可通过对大量个体化治疗病例的循证研究而不断刷新,从而更好地指导个体化治疗,这是解决两者矛盾的途径。