Knowledge of the environment is essential for the survival of organisms; but those organisms have to have the capacity to stabilize such knowledge. The aim of this article is to analyze the various strategies for stab...Knowledge of the environment is essential for the survival of organisms; but those organisms have to have the capacity to stabilize such knowledge. The aim of this article is to analyze the various strategies for stabilizing human knowledge, with a special focus on its material anchors and their interactions with other stabilization means. In particular, I consider how such stabilization is reflected in scientific activity and practice, and what its repercussions are for the models of science that have dominated the philosophical landscape of the 20th century. My starting hypothesis will be that the role of material anchors in stabilizing conceptual blends is analogous to that of technology in grounding scientific knowledge. The framework I adopt with regard to conceptualization is that of Fauconnier and Turner （2002） on conceptual blends. Just as technology intervenes in scientific practice in conjunction with conceptual elements, so do material anchors, which conjoin other non-material strategies of knowledge stabilization. Endowing knowledge with a material basis may be understood firstly as an element （sometimes a key element） for representing knowledge and offering an explanation, and secondly as a way of providing a scientific hypothesis with empirical grounding. It is this second sense that connects with scientific experimentation and the use of instruments and technology.展开更多
Compared with the traditional examinations, the paperless examination of the computer elementary course can not only realize the assessment of the theoretical knowledge, but also can carry out the assessment of the ac...Compared with the traditional examinations, the paperless examination of the computer elementary course can not only realize the assessment of the theoretical knowledge, but also can carry out the assessment of the actual operations of some of the operational computer subjects, which can make it more comprehensive. Through the computer evaluation, we can make the results consistent, and get rid of the human interference as far as possible, and thus it can prevent the emergence of the human errors, to ensure fairness and justice of the tests. This issue is analyzed and discussed in the following.展开更多
文摘Knowledge of the environment is essential for the survival of organisms; but those organisms have to have the capacity to stabilize such knowledge. The aim of this article is to analyze the various strategies for stabilizing human knowledge, with a special focus on its material anchors and their interactions with other stabilization means. In particular, I consider how such stabilization is reflected in scientific activity and practice, and what its repercussions are for the models of science that have dominated the philosophical landscape of the 20th century. My starting hypothesis will be that the role of material anchors in stabilizing conceptual blends is analogous to that of technology in grounding scientific knowledge. The framework I adopt with regard to conceptualization is that of Fauconnier and Turner （2002） on conceptual blends. Just as technology intervenes in scientific practice in conjunction with conceptual elements, so do material anchors, which conjoin other non-material strategies of knowledge stabilization. Endowing knowledge with a material basis may be understood firstly as an element （sometimes a key element） for representing knowledge and offering an explanation, and secondly as a way of providing a scientific hypothesis with empirical grounding. It is this second sense that connects with scientific experimentation and the use of instruments and technology.
文摘Compared with the traditional examinations, the paperless examination of the computer elementary course can not only realize the assessment of the theoretical knowledge, but also can carry out the assessment of the actual operations of some of the operational computer subjects, which can make it more comprehensive. Through the computer evaluation, we can make the results consistent, and get rid of the human interference as far as possible, and thus it can prevent the emergence of the human errors, to ensure fairness and justice of the tests. This issue is analyzed and discussed in the following.
