理性选择方法对宗教研究的贡献

传统经济学的理性选择分析方法,已经在宗教研究中日益广泛地使用,用以分析宗教现象和宗教行为。理性选择方法是宗教研究范式的革命,在宗教理论和政策方面都有创新性贡献。     

试论宗教和哲学的关系

宗教的本质,在于对神的信仰,具有绝对性;哲学的本质则是一种理性思维,是批判性的.宗教和哲学似乎是水火不容的关系,然而两者之间更多的是相互吸收、借鉴与利用.     

试论宗教和哲学的关系

宗教的本质，在于对神的信仰，具有绝对性；哲学的本质则是一种理性思维，是批判性的。宗教和哲学似乎是水火不容的关系，然而两者之间更多的是相互吸收、借鉴与利用。     

科学、宗教、邪教简辨

对当今社会深有影响的科学、宗教、邪教存在着明显不同:科学是为人、求实、理性的,完全与之相对立的邪教是为神、逐虚、盲信的,宗教就其本性看则基本上介于科学和邪教之间。     

浅析民族宗教意识——肃南裕固族部分群众宗教观念的调查

本文通过对肃南裕固族部分群众宗教观念的调研, 认为宗教意识是民族意识、民族情感的集中体现, 也是民族生活的重要方式 。民族宗教意识的强弱, 既有历史的源渊、地域的制约, 又有 “文化圈”的影响, 在当今中国也有党的宗教信仰自由政策的真正落实。宗教意识对民族地区的社会进步和发展有积极和消极的方面的影响和作用。必须用民族理智和理性正确对待宗教信仰问题     

对青年农民工理性发展过程的探讨

青年农民工的流动是一种理性选择的过程,这种理性选择是在多元化因素的考虑下所做出的,是生存理性、经济理性和社会理性三者交织作用下的产物。     

文化的视域和结构——关于西方的哲学-科学理性的历史反思

理性与人类史是不可分割的.西方的哲学史就是各种理性时而和谐共存、时而相互冲突的历史.在与宗教理性对抗时.人文理性阵营本身就是人本主义者、科学主义者和资本主义者的世俗联盟;然而,从"文艺复兴"开始的人文主义运动使得哲学成为了科学主义者所鄙夷的"小人",人文主义者沦落为科学主义者的"奴隶".当代人文理性与科学理性冲突的消解,根本在于各种文化理性之间的理解与沟通,从而达成多元文化和谐共存的局面.哲学就应当在基于文化形态多样性的基础上,承认文化系统在具体存在形态上的复杂性,在人类文化系统整体理念上来重新建构.     

技术历史境遇的哲学分析

技术转向、技术时代标志着技术开始进入哲学的视野.技术的现代境遇得以产生.人们在关心技术问题的同时都在探索技术的历史境遇,询问技术"不在场"、"历史性缺席"的哲学根源.哲学中理论重于其他的传统使得哲学理性成为技术这种境遇问题的承担者.然而,人们似乎忽略了哲学的双重品性理性品性与宗教、神学品性.那么,对于技术的"不在场"、"历史性缺席"除了在理性品性中寻求根源外,能否从宗教、神学品性中找寻他与技术的历史境遇之间的关系呢?本文在分析技术现代境遇的必然性的同时对技术的历史境遇作出相应的哲学分析.     

有限理性条件下价格和广告在企业间的博弈选择

本文在以往关于价格和广告选择集中于单个企业研究的基础上，分析了两种策略在不同企业间的博弈选择。针对企业决策者理性有局限的情况下，引入了进化博弈复制动态模型。同时利用价格弹性和广告需求弹性不同会对企业选择两种策略带来收益不同以及对模型均衡的影响，分析了价格和广告在企业有限理性条件下的博弈选择，得出相应的选择依据和稳定性均衡结果，并给出了一个算例。     

科学与艺术、宗教间的和谐及冲突

本文探讨了科学与艺术、宗教之间的和谐与冲突关系。科学与艺术虽是两种文化，但二者在根本上没有重大分歧，而且二者都带有感性、理性色彩，同时它们都需要形象思维和抽象思维，都需要想象或幻想，都需要理智、逻辑性。随着时间的推移，二者的距离会越拉越近。科学与宗教之间有着一条不可逾越的鸿沟，科学假说与宗教神学之间无时无刻不在斗争，科学与宗教是人类思想中相互分离、相互排斥的两个领域，科学与宗教之间的冲突是不可避免的。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Monoculture Rubber Plantations Have Negative Ef ects on Controlling Splash Erosion

<正>In Xishuangbanna,one of China’s most biodiverse regions,landscape has changed dramatically during the past three decades due to the conversion of tropical rainforest to rubber plantations.In steep areas,terraces are often constructed before planting rubber trees,which causes two important changes in the soil:the destabilization of soil in the bench terraces and the increased vulnerability of unvegetated riser faces to erosion.Few studies have documented the nature and intensity of erosion on bench terraces.Prof.LIU Wenjie and his colleagues from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden(XTBG)conducted a study in Menglun County(21°5′39″N,101°15′55″E),Xishuangbanna to evaluate the influence     

Chinese Scientists Use Earth Observation Technologies to Study and Protect Wild Camels

<正>Chinese scientists plan to apply Earth Observation technologies to protect the critically endangered wild camels(Camelus ferus).With the help of remote sensing,satellite positioning,geographical information system and wireless sensors networks,they will be able to access the distribution and population of the wild camels and protect their habitats.The project will be carried out by the International Research Center for Wild Camel Conservation,which was jointly established earlier this year by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth(RADI)of the Chinese     

More than Skin Deep – Understand Skin Biology by Means of Dermatogenomics

<正>The Paul Gerson Unna Research Group on Dermatogenomics was founded in October 2012 at the Partner Institute for Computational Biology.The ultimate goal of the group is to understand the biology of skin and skin appendages.