Responsibilities of petroleum prospectors: Discussions on dual logic and development trend of hydrocarbon exploration

Some unusual events happened in petroleum industry in 2020,such as the negative WTI oil price,price soaring of melt-blown nonwoven fabric,Exxon Mobil Corp.(NYSE:XOM)removed from Dow Jones Industrial Average,and the oil demand peak theory proposed by BP Energy Outlook 2020 Edition.These events have made profound impact on petroleum exploration.Prospecting is at the forefront of petroleum industry chain,and prospectors have great influence on petroleum industry.The responsibility of petroleum prospectors is to find oil,which calls for the correct way of thinking as well as scientific and technical means,both of which are indispensable.When it comes to the cognition of petroleum exploration,we should draw lessons from predecessors’philosophy of finding oil from a development perspective.It is necessary to define the relationship between subject activity and objective structure,as there is an inherent tension between the two and a dialectical relationship that complements each other.It is also essential to illustrate the logic of initiative and decisiveness,as between the two is the dual logic of active logic that changes the world and deterministic logic based on science and technology.The strategic breakthrough in the Gulong shale oil exploration in Daqing is a typical example.Our knowledge and practice of oil exploration has overthrown the Hubbert Curve.The new curve may have more than one peak,which means hopes are always there for finding oil.Climbing to the top of a mountain must start from the foot.A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.Looking forward to the future,prospectors have the wisdom,ability,and methods to find more,cleaner,and more affordable oil to drive the progress of human civilization.This is the duty of petroleum prospectors.

责任的哲学基础

责任分为“事后责任”与“事前责任”,“事后责任”是作为对某一过去行为“负责”的责任,而“事前责任”则是作为将来关心某人某事的道德性或法律性义务的责任。说一个人在事前或事后负有责任,这要涉及到哲学中的一些老话题,这些话题包括自由意志、积极和消极的责任、团结是否原则上受个人或群体契约之限制等问题。一个社会中责任的分配,是一个利己主义和利他主义相互矛盾运动的复杂变化过程。

石油勘探家责任之我见——兼论油气勘探的双重逻辑和未来趋势

2020年,石油产业链上发生了一些重大事件,包括负油价的出现、熔喷布价格暴涨、埃克森美孚从道琼斯指数调整出局、石油需求峰值论等,对石油勘探界的影响至深至广。勘探处于整个石油产业链最前端,勘探家对石油产业发展影响巨大。勘探家找油要有正确的思想方法,还要有科学技术手段,二者缺一不可。对油气勘探的认知,需要用发展的眼光借鉴前人找油哲学,既要明确主体活动和客观结构的关系,两者之间存在内在张力而又相辅相成的辩证关系;又要明确主动性和决定性的逻辑,两者之间是以改变世界的能动论逻辑和基于科学技术的决定论逻辑的双重逻辑;大庆古龙页岩油的战略性、转折性重大突破就是一个例证。近年来石油资源的认识与实践,颠覆了传统的钟型曲线预测模型,呈现出波浪式不断前进的趋势。登高自卑,行远自迩。展望未来,勘探家有智慧、有能力、有办法,找到更多的、更清洁的、更能用得起的石油,来驱动人类文明不断的进步。这就是石油勘探家的责任。图16参19。

试从《天下时代》看沃格林对哲学的理解

尽管“哲学”一词如今被用在各种场合,但“什么是哲学”,却远非一个清楚明白的问题。作为20世纪最著名的历史哲学家,沃格林为我们提供了探索该问题的一个独特视角。在其晚期的重要著作《天下时代》中,沃格林提出一对解释性的概念——“理智性的”与“灵性的”——来建构其观念史。本文指出,此对概念实际上取自使徒保罗的《哥林多前书》,其中蕴涵属人的理智或属人的智慧远远低于属神的灵的主张。通过探究沃格林对保罗、斐洛和柏拉图的解释,本文进一步表明,沃格林将哲人对“理智性运动的参与”理解为“对神显事件的一个回应”,取消了哲学的自主性。沃格林甚至声称,“向哲人们显现的神……就是向摩西启示自身的同一位神”。然而,这样一种观点在海德格尔和施特劳斯这样的哲人看来是很有问题的。他们认为,哲学与启示不共戴天,且哲学在根本上具有无神论的性质。