Outsourcing the deep self: Deep self discordance does not explain away intuitions in manipulation arguments

According to manipulation arguments for incompatibilism, manipulation might undermine an agent’s responsibility even when the agent satisfies plausible compatibilist conditions on responsibility. According to Sripada (2012 Sripada, C. (2012). What makes a manipulated agent unfree? Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 85, 563–593.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), however, empirical data suggest that people take manipulation to undermine responsibility largely because they think that the manipulated act is in discord with the agent’s “deep self,” thus violating the plausible compatibilist condition of deep self concordance. This paper defends Sripada’s general methodological approach but presents data that strongly suggest that, contrary to Sripada’s contention, most of the effect of manipulation on attributions of moral responsibility is unmediated by worries about inadequate information or deep self discordance. Instead, it depends largely on worries that the action is ultimately explained by factors outside the agent’s control, just as proponents of manipulation arguments have proposed. More generally, data suggest that judgments of deep self discordance are themselves explained by worries about responsibility, and that the everyday notion of what an agent wants or is “deep down” is sensitive not only to the agent’s internal psychological structure, but also its source. This casts some doubt on recent claims about the explanatory role of deep self judgments.     

深层生态学的精神资源与文化根基

通过梳理深层生态学与西方传统哲学(古希腊哲学、斯宾诺莎、新黑格尔主义)、东方思想(儒家、道家、道元、甘地)、以及现代西方思想(怀特海、后期海德格尔、人本主义心理学)之间在本体论、认识论、方法论和价值观方面的联系,本文试图为深层生态学的创造潜力、精神生命力和文化魅力提供某种跨文化的注解和说明。     

自然数码奇象记忆跟踪实验

作者1985年创造自然数码奇象记忆“数序形象挂钩法”,用300位圆周率数字做了19年跟踪实验,结果与艾宾浩斯曲线大不相同：1、运用此法记忆顺序很强、数量很大、很难记住的材料,快速高效,能扫除前摄和倒摄干扰,能使识记很快通过短时记忆而快速顺利地进入长时记忆,能倒顺背诵和随点随背,在识记后开初遗忘极少极慢,在间隔5年内的12次检查中,遗忘很少很慢,保持率多次接近100％,在此后十四年内的六次检查中,依然出现遗忘很少很慢的显著效果。2、艾宾浩斯曲线应界定为机械记忆保持曲线和原本的机械记忆遗忘规律;作者19年保持曲线是自然数码奇象记忆保持曲线。3、33岁左右至52岁左右可能是奇象记忆能力较强且平稳的时期。     

深层失读及其认知神经心理康复

以语义性错读为特征的深层失读症是一类特殊的阅读障碍类型,它的存在提示了人类在口语阅读过程中需要经过语义性通路。深层失读在拼音文字使用者中并不多见,但在汉语使用者中却多有发现,这种差别提示了汉字阅读与拼音文字阅读之间可能存在某种重要区别。该文概要介绍了深层失读的表现,比较了汉语深层失读与拼音文字深层失读的差异,阐述了深层失读的机制,同时介绍了深层失读病人的神经心理康复手段和方法     

Numerosity discrimination in deep neural networks: Initial competence,developmental refinement and experience statistics

Both humans and non‐human animals exhibit sensitivity to the approximate number of items in a visual array, as indexed by their performance in numerosity discrimination tasks, and even neonates can detect changes in numerosity. These findings are often interpreted as evidence for an innate ‘number sense’. However, recent simulation work has challenged this view by showing that human‐like sensitivity to numerosity can emerge in deep neural networks that build an internal model of the sensory data. This emergentist perspective posits a central role for experience in shaping our number sense and might explain why numerical acuity progressively increases over the course of development. Here we substantiate this hypothesis by introducing a progressive unsupervised deep learning algorithm, which allows us to model the development of numerical acuity through experience. We also investigate how the statistical distribution of numerical and non‐numerical features in natural environments affects the emergence of numerosity representations in the computational model. Our simulations show that deep networks can exhibit numerosity sensitivity prior to any training, as well as a progressive developmental refinement that is modulated by the statistical structure of the learning environment. To validate our simulations, we offer a refinement to the quantitative characterization of the developmental patterns observed in human children. Overall, our findings suggest that it may not be necessary to assume that animals are endowed with a dedicated system for processing numerosity, since domain‐general learning mechanisms can capture key characteristics others have attributed to an evolutionarily specialized number system.     

CHALLENGES TO THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCEPT OF HISTORY

Present knowledge of evolutionary history challenges traditional concepts of the Christian salvation history. In order to overcome these challenges, theology needs to articulate a wider, more open and more universal approach to the understanding of God's salvific action. One way of doing this is to employ the notion of “deep incarnation” suggested by Danish theologian Niels Henrik Gregersen. His suggestion may also blur the lines that mark a sharp distinction between the history of creation and the history of salvation, in a way that safeguards some of the basic tenets of classical theology.     

践行患者受益的基本原则——从累及泌尿生殖系统复杂子宫内膜异位症临床处置谈起

“患者受益”作为临床处置决策的基本原则在日常的医疗工作中发挥着积极的作用。同样也在常见类型子宫内膜异位症（EM）诊疗过程中得到很好地贯彻执行。然而,对于少见的累及泌尿系的EM,由于缺乏可靠的临床循证医学证据用以指导患者具体的临床处理,把握患者利益最大化原则就显得尤为重要。怎样掌握累及泌尿生殖系子宫内膜异位症患者临床处置决策中的关键要素,尽可能为患者保留生殖能力与泌尿系统的完整性,以提高日后的生活质量。除需要详细了解患者病史特别是手术史、盆腔影像学检查、肾脏功能评估结果外,选择个性化的干预手段并对预后进行综合评估,制定最为适合的治疗方案是至关重要的。本文结合临床典型病例就此问题做一剖析。