Semiotics is one of the core concepts in contemporary philosophy,linguistics and many other ideological fields.Although it is a new discipline founded in the 20th century,researchers from both the East and the West ha...Semiotics is one of the core concepts in contemporary philosophy,linguistics and many other ideological fields.Although it is a new discipline founded in the 20th century,researchers from both the East and the West have studied the phenomena of symbols for a long time.Western semiotics came into existence as a new discipline during the 1960s,whose origin could be traced back to ancient Greek philosophy.In ancient China,there was no concept of semiotics,but Chinese ancestors practiced divination by some special symbols,which might be considered the sprouts of semiotics.Those methods in divination were called Lianshanyi in the Xia Dynasty and Guizangyi in the Shang Dynasty.In the Zhou Dynasty,the forms of divinations and their explanations were more plentiful,which were collectively called Zhouyi,posing as"the leading classics and the source of‘Tao’".The study on Zhouyi found that its symbolic concepts possessed explainable relevance to those in Western semiotics represented by Saussure,Peirce and Morris,especially between the three key elements:"hexagram image","hexagram judgment"and"hexagram meaning"in Zhouyi corresponding to the three core formulas:"Sign=Signifier+Signified","Sign=Relation(Medium,Object,Interpret)"and"M=ME+MP+MF"of Western semiotics.The study suggested that exploration into the symbolic concepts of ancient Chinese philosophical classics might provide new perspectives for the interpretation of Western semiotics.展开更多
It is reported that there exist deformable media which display quantum effects just as quantum entities do. As such, each quantum entity usually treated as a point particle may be represented by a deformable medium, t...It is reported that there exist deformable media which display quantum effects just as quantum entities do. As such, each quantum entity usually treated as a point particle may be represented by a deformable medium, the dynamic behavior of which is prescribed by four dynamic state variables, including mass density, velocity, internal pressure, and intrinsic angular momentum. In conjunction with the finding of the characteristic equation characterizing the physical nature of such media, it is found that a complex field quantity may be introduced to uncover a perhaps unexpected correlation, i.e., the governing dynamic equations for such media may be exactly reduced to the SchrSdinger equation, from which the closed-form solutions for all the four dynamic state variables can be obtained. It turns out that this complex field quantity is just the wavefunction in the SchrSdinger equation. Moreover, the dynamic effects peculiar to spin are derivable as direct consequences. It appears that these results provide a missing link in quantum theory, in the sense of disclosing the physical origin and nature of both the wavefunction and the wave equation. Now, the inherent indeterminacy in quantum theory may be rendered irrelevant. The consequences are explained for certain long-standing fundamental issues.展开更多
The Supreme People’s Court of China recently made public the latest interpretation on applying the Marriage Law, which is meant to provide a judicial basis for courts.The interpretation consists of 19 new itemsand is...The Supreme People’s Court of China recently made public the latest interpretation on applying the Marriage Law, which is meant to provide a judicial basis for courts.The interpretation consists of 19 new itemsand is valid from August 13 this year.展开更多
文摘Semiotics is one of the core concepts in contemporary philosophy,linguistics and many other ideological fields.Although it is a new discipline founded in the 20th century,researchers from both the East and the West have studied the phenomena of symbols for a long time.Western semiotics came into existence as a new discipline during the 1960s,whose origin could be traced back to ancient Greek philosophy.In ancient China,there was no concept of semiotics,but Chinese ancestors practiced divination by some special symbols,which might be considered the sprouts of semiotics.Those methods in divination were called Lianshanyi in the Xia Dynasty and Guizangyi in the Shang Dynasty.In the Zhou Dynasty,the forms of divinations and their explanations were more plentiful,which were collectively called Zhouyi,posing as"the leading classics and the source of‘Tao’".The study on Zhouyi found that its symbolic concepts possessed explainable relevance to those in Western semiotics represented by Saussure,Peirce and Morris,especially between the three key elements:"hexagram image","hexagram judgment"and"hexagram meaning"in Zhouyi corresponding to the three core formulas:"Sign=Signifier+Signified","Sign=Relation(Medium,Object,Interpret)"and"M=ME+MP+MF"of Western semiotics.The study suggested that exploration into the symbolic concepts of ancient Chinese philosophical classics might provide new perspectives for the interpretation of Western semiotics.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11372172)the 211-Project launched by the Education Committee of China through Shanghai University(No.S.15-0303-15-208)
文摘It is reported that there exist deformable media which display quantum effects just as quantum entities do. As such, each quantum entity usually treated as a point particle may be represented by a deformable medium, the dynamic behavior of which is prescribed by four dynamic state variables, including mass density, velocity, internal pressure, and intrinsic angular momentum. In conjunction with the finding of the characteristic equation characterizing the physical nature of such media, it is found that a complex field quantity may be introduced to uncover a perhaps unexpected correlation, i.e., the governing dynamic equations for such media may be exactly reduced to the SchrSdinger equation, from which the closed-form solutions for all the four dynamic state variables can be obtained. It turns out that this complex field quantity is just the wavefunction in the SchrSdinger equation. Moreover, the dynamic effects peculiar to spin are derivable as direct consequences. It appears that these results provide a missing link in quantum theory, in the sense of disclosing the physical origin and nature of both the wavefunction and the wave equation. Now, the inherent indeterminacy in quantum theory may be rendered irrelevant. The consequences are explained for certain long-standing fundamental issues.
文摘The Supreme People’s Court of China recently made public the latest interpretation on applying the Marriage Law, which is meant to provide a judicial basis for courts.The interpretation consists of 19 new itemsand is valid from August 13 this year.
