《易传》“德”论研究

“德”在《易传》思想体系中不仅仅是一个反映人类社会行为规范的伦理范畴,而且还是一个统摄自然界和人类社会运动变化发展规律的哲学范畴。因此,系统考辨“德”在《易传》中的重要作用,对于全面把握《易传》思想体系具有重要意义。     

初中生学业自我效能、学习动机与学业成绩的关系

本研究使用学业自我效能量表和学习动机量表对初中生进行测量 ,并对测量结果与学业成绩间的关系进行了分析。结果发现 :学生学业自我效能、学习动机和性别是学业成绩的良好预测变量源 ,其中以学业自我效能的效应最为明显 ;学习动机与学业成绩之间并非单纯的线性关系。     

从丘浚的科学观看儒学与科学的可容性

丘浚是我国古代自觉提倡并积极探讨自然科学的儒家学者。他将儒学的研究对象分为“性理之学”(相当于“哲学”)与“物理之学”(相当于“科学”)两个部分 ,并对当时儒者重“性理之学”而轻“物理之学”的现象提出了批评。他不仅揭示了研究“物理之学”的必要性 ,而且还提出了研究“物理之学”的方法与要求。丘浚对研究“物理之学”的积极提倡 ,使我们看到了儒学与科学之间可容性的一面。     

试论楚简《鲁邦大旱》篇的内容与思想

楚简《鲁邦大旱》篇一、二简 ,是写孔子借“鲁邦大旱”之机 ,在不坚持反对以“说之事鬼”的情况下 ,向鲁哀公提出了“正刑与德”的政治改革对策。三至六简 ,通过写孔子与子贡是否要祭祀求雨的辨难 ,表现了孔子对待祭祀鬼神现实而理性的态度。这与《论语》、帛书《要》篇的记载若合符节 ,可谓信而有征。以此来看孔子的天命观 ,知其“以鬼为不神” ;而不废鬼神之祭是“君子以为文” ,有“神道设教”的用心 ;其虽有“道德之天”的观念 ,但“上天”的主宰只是虚悬一格 ,实质还是强调人事     

《孔子诗论》与春秋时期诗学观念之比较

把《孔子诗论》同《左传》、《国语》所反映的诗学观念相比较,二者有三个相同之处:对诗的本质的认识和对风、雅、颂的认识是一致的;都采用“断章取义”的解诗方法;乃至对一些具体作品的解释也是一致的。这表明春秋时期的解《诗》用《诗》之风,不但是《诗论》产生的土壤,也给其形成提供了充足的条件。同时二者又有三个不同之处,即点滴论述和自成体系的不同;断章取义和评论篇旨的不同;大、小雅并重和国风、小雅并重的不同。这表明《诗论》是在更高的水平上评论作品,是对春秋时期诗学思想的重大超越。     

Romantic relationships of young people with childhood and adolescent onset antisocial behavior problems

Using prospective longitudinal data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, this paper examines the extent to which early onset, life course persistent and adolescent limited antisocial behavior problems place young people at risk of violent and unsatisfactory romantic relationships in early adulthood. Results revealed the presence of clear linear associations between the developmental timing of antisocial behavior and later partnership risks, with these risks including partner violence perpetration and victimization, interpartner conflict, and increased ambivalence about the relationship. Young people with childhood onset antisocial behavior problems reported higher rates of partnership difficulties than young people with adolescent limited antisocial behavior problems, while those with adolescent limited antisocial behavior reported higher levels of partnership difficulties than young people without a history of antisocial behavior problems. These associations persisted even after extensive control for a range of social, family, and individual factors that were correlated with the timing of antisocial behavior. Results highlight the importance of distinguishing between early and late onset antisocial behavior, and provide further support for existing life course models of the development of antisocial behavior problems in children and adolescents.     

Prediction and classification in nonlinear data analysis: Something old,something new,something borrowed,something blue

Prediction and classification are two very active areas in modern data analysis. In this paper, prediction with nonlinear optimal scaling transformations of the variables is reviewed, and extended to the use of multiple additive components, much in the spirit of statistical learning techniques that are currently popular, among other areas, in data mining. Also, a classification/clustering method is described that is particularly suitable for analyzing attribute-value data from systems biology (genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), and which is able to detect groups of objects that have similar values on small subsets of the attributes.This article is based on the Presidential Address Jacqueline Meulman gave on July 9, 2003 at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society held near Cagliari, Italy on the island of Sardinia.—Editor     

坤卦卦名说

细考《说卦传》、帛书《缪和》与《说文段注》之相关内容及"川"字形体演变之历史,可知帛书将卦名"键川"之川写作"川"并非误抄问题,坤卦之"坤"亦确系由"申"得声而非土申会义,无论其于古文献中书写形式有何不同,其名为"坤卦"且取名于地义是可以确定的。坤卦之"坤"的"土在申位"说出自许慎,又只能与《京房易占》的说法相吻合,故其说显系出于汉人的知识。改动传本《周易》坤卦卦辞的语序,以适应与传本经文卦序不同的八卦方位说,再增入汉易卦气说中才有的十二支,用这种方法论证《周易》本经中已有卦气是不妥的。     

《易经》卦爻辞中之"惕"字质疑

帛书《易经》卦爻辞有大量与通行本相异的文字,需要考释。本文仅以通行本之"惕"字为例,论证帛书本异字"氵易"(即《小畜·六四》"血去惕出"的"惕"字,帛书写作"氵易"字)是""字之别写,而""通"",""的古体为"",故可校"惕"字为""字之误或原本相通。同时,帛书《乾·九三》"夕(残字)若厉"的"",讼卦卦辞"洫宁"的"洫",《·九二》"亻易号"的"亻易";通行本《师·九二》"王三锡命"的"锡",《涣·上九》"血去逖出"的"逖"字等,都得到相应的校释。     

G.A.T.S. and universities: Implications for research

The likely impact of applying the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to higher education are examined. GATS aims to “open up” services to competition: no preference can be shown to national or government providers. The consequences for teaching are likely to be that private companies, with degree-awarding powers, would be eligible for the same subsidies as public providers. Appealing to the inadequate recently introduced “benchmark” statements as proof of quality, they would provide a “bare bones” service at lower cost. Public subsidies would go: education being reduced to that minimum which could be packaged in terms of verifiable “learning outcomes”. The loss of “higher” aspirations, such education of critically-minded citizens of a democratic and civilised society would impoverish the university’s research culture which demands honesty and openness to public scrutiny. Most university research is substantially supported by public subsidy. Under GATS discipline, commercial providers of research services could be entitled to similar public subsidies. Publicly funded fundamental research would fade, leaving university research totally dependent for funds upon the good will of industry and commerce. Present problems, such as the suppression of unwelcome results and the use of questionable results to manipulate public opinion, would considerably increase. The public would lose a prime source of trustworthy knowledge, needed in political discourse, legal disputation, consumer protection and in many other contexts.