An Existential Approach to Risk Perception

Existential, or existential-phenomenological philosophical approaches to the social psychology of risk perception provide a novel framework for understanding issues that are common to all humanity, such as fear of death, freedom and responsibility, isolation and meaninglessness, as these anxieties are a function of existing, or being-in-the-world. These fundamental anxieties can be related theoretically to the ways people perceive risks within social and cultural milieus, and can also be used practically within case studies, as demonstrated in the three examples presented, which examine perceptions of climate change, food-related risks, and environmental awareness via a mixture of quantitative and qualitative techniques. The discussion focuses on the possible insights that can be gained from taking an existential perspective on risk perception, and relates notions of contemporary technologically-oriented societies to the existential challenges faced by individuals and societies in the contemporary world.     

再论《国殇》与《九歌》

《九歌》是屈原在民间“九歌”基础上写定的 ,可以认为是屈原所作或创造的。《国殇》是为牺牲的楚国将士而举行驱鬼活动的主祭歌。《国殇》以外的《九歌》其他篇 ,主要是表现对九位天神地的恭敬、赞美和依恋 ,《九歌》中的神、巫、人、鬼关系 ,就是一个由人和巫迎请神、送行鬼魂的过程     

名词“时”形成发展的哲学意蕴——汉语词汇哲学研究一例

基于增辟一个本体论角度以研究汉语词汇及其发展规律的主张 ,从本体论角度对名词“时”的形成过程、词义引申、派生词系的基本动力和内在规律进行考察 ,认为中华先民立足农耕生活的实际 ,反思和筹划自己的生存方式、追求生存方式与自然环境的和谐统一 ,并使之获得语言“意义”的标记 ,是名词“时”形成发展的基本动力和根本规律 ,它可以解释“时”的一切词汇现象。     

Sampling Strategies for Toxic Air Contaminants

Annual concentrations of toxic air contaminants are of primary concern from the perspective of chronic human exposure assessment and risk analysis. Despite recent advances in air quality monitoring technology, resource and technical constraints often impose limitations on the availability of a sufficient number of ambient concentration measurements for performing environmental risk analysis. Therefore, sample size limitations, representativeness of data, and uncertainties in the estimated annual mean concentration must be examined before performing quantitative risk analysis. In this paper, we discuss several factors that need to be considered in designing field-sampling programs for toxic air contaminants and in verifying compliance with environmental regulations. Specifically, we examine the behavior of SO2, TSP, and CO data as surrogates for toxic air contaminants and as examples of point source, area source, and line source-dominated pollutants, respectively, from the standpoint of sampling design. We demonstrate the use of bootstrap resampling method and normal theory in estimating the annual mean concentration and its 95% confidence bounds from limited sampling data, and illustrate the application of operating characteristic (OC) curves to determine optimum sample size and other sampling strategies. We also outline a statistical procedure, based on a one-sided t-test, that utilizes the sampled concentration data for evaluating whether a sampling site is compliance with relevant ambient guideline concentrations for toxic air contaminants.     

英汉动物名词翻译的不等值

本文从中西方文化差异的角度,通过大量实例,分析了动物名词翻译中的不等值现象。旨在提醒英语界同仁,在掌握词汇的同时,应多了解中西方不同的文化背景,翻译出脍炙人口的作品。     

当代少数民族院校大学生思想特点

多年的学生思想政治工作实践明确告诉我们,只要准确把握学生的思想特点,开展有针对性的思想政治工作,就能使学生思想政治工作有的放矢,起到事半功倍的效果;本文结合工作调研,就民族院校学生思想特点及对策作一简论。     

试论制度的技术本质 --从技术哲学的视角看

制度问题是一个具有特殊重要性的问题。不同学科基于各自的分析目的,对其都有不同的理解。政治学、经济学和社会学等学科各自从不同的角度研究制度理论,而技术哲学特别是社会技术哲学是从新的视角来思考制度的技术本质,技术哲学语境下的制度是社会技术的“物”化,是一种规范的、重要的“社会技术”形式。     

李白卒年新论

李白的卒年,依据李阳冰、范传正所记的李白生年和李华所记的李白享年即可确定为大历元年。从曾巩到王琦,对此提出了异议。但他们所提出的依据没有一条是信实可靠的,包括他们认作铁证的《为宋中丞自荐表》,编在至德二载也是不可靠的。要正确地确定李白的卒年,还是要回到李阳冰、范传正和李华那里去。     

流浪乞讨人员救助管理制度的实践社会学分析——以北京市C救助站为例

基于对北京市C救助站的个案调查,以实践社会学为理论指导,比较分析我国救助管理制度的核心理念从＂收容＂转向＂救助＂的转变,尤其对实施过程中的实践逻辑进行了深入探究。研究认为,救助管理制度在运行中,其实践逻辑发生了偏误。要完善救助管理制度,不仅要充分调动社会救助主体的积极性,加强部门合作,而且要从理念上升为行动,确保制度的执行。     

“联系说”视角下商标俗称抢注案的法律思考

商标权的客体为相关公众所认知的商标与商标所标识的商品或服务之间的联系,以此为基础可以认定商标俗称的抢注构成对商标权的侵犯,同时,商标俗称可以被认定为近似商标的一种形式,从而适用《商标法》第52条的规定。此外,在商标俗称的问题上,不能适用法律对驰名商标的特殊保护。