今天經(jīng)過外國語學院辦公室詢問一些關(guān)于BEC考試的事情,剛好經(jīng)過陳教授的辦公室便與他聊了一會兒天.他說我現(xiàn)在這么忙是否還有空完成他布置給我寫的論文,我說當然有!無論我多么忙我都會按期交論文的,還有期末的最后一篇五千詞的論文義正在構(gòu)思中!明天又是交論文的時間了,花了幾天功夫終于寫完,心里真高興!
前兩天寫了一封郵件給章校長向他匯報一下近期英語角的情況,今天晚上居然收到他的回信了,他在信中向我表達了喜悅之情,還鼓勵我要好好把英語角弄下去,讓更多的深大學子受益.他還叫我要注意勞逸結(jié)合,要適當運動放松保重身體!真的讓我感動死了.因為他平時真的超級忙,而且年紀也很大了,頭發(fā)都花白了,可是依舊這么關(guān)心我們!我多次找他幫忙他都欣然應允了,真心祝愿他身體健康,工作順利!
Topic: There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer’s expectations or desires.
Observation is such a practical deed that almost all the subjects and fields need it to fulfill their targets. We can casually name some examples without the least thinking. One may be physics. As we all know the development of physics is greatly furthered with the aids of observation. To catch an inspiration and reach an assumption, the physicist need to observe a given phenomenon exceedingly intently. After the assumed theory comes into being, he has to apply it into practical cases to testify its availability, practicability as well as validity, which cannot be conducted without innumerable and extended observations! Some great theories may require decades even centuries of observation with the assistance of several generations of physicists to finally verify its invaluable essence! The amount of such kind of instances is too vast to be named one by one!
Another representative subject to illustrate the extensive use of observation is writing or composition. If the writer desires to compose some masterpieces that embody insightful meanings and have far-reaching and positive impact on people’s mind even on the evolvement of our society, he must have a critical and profound mind that can probe into the interior essence through surface of a certain phenomenon with earnest observation of the circumstances around! Through deliberate observation he may arrest a thread of afflatus out of the blue and form his masterpiece! Without versant and persistent observation, the writer will finally exhaust all his innovative thinking and compose nothing of value.
The two cases above are to exemplify the unshakable significant status of observation in all fields of our modern society. But the topic raises another point that is well worth our pondering. Is it really true that All observation is subjective?
Definitely, no one cannot deny that in many cases we will add our own subjective thinking into what we see and put it in a subjective way. That is why the same matter even the same phenomenon will be depicted differently by different narrators. Except for some of them are doing so knowingly and weirdly viciously, a great many are affected by their living experiences, their scope of knowledge as well as their capability to observe and reach a fair and right conclusion! Besides, with the same phenomenon, different people focus on different parts of it. For instance, though all the people in the auditorium in the cinema are enjoying the same movie, their may emphasize on different plots and roles. Then after they finish the movie and are asked about the detail of it, their descriptions are varied accordingly.
Hence, now we may come up with a conclusion that some observations are indeed blended with our subjective thinking. But is it workable to all the cases? I am afraid not. Below is my further elucidation.
To start with, I still tend to refer to the science. Now we take chemistry for example. The same with physics, chemistry is also a subject that needs observation to work out new findings and inventions to renew itself. Chemists work painstakingly to start up chemical reactions and observe their phenomena carefully. They need to observe the light, the heat, the ultimate production resulting from the reaction, etcetera. All the procedure is monitored extremely delicately and objectively. Needless to say, the final production is objectively existing then. How can we mix our subjective thinking into the eventual result? This illustration eloquently justifies my belief that not all the observation is subjective!
To further consolidate my point convincingly, I will take another example. That is astronomy. As is widely acknowledged, astronomers are constantly observing the movement and orbits of lots of stars and planets through astronomical telescope. The orbit a given star is rounding is permanent and objective. Besides, the cycle of a complete movement for a planet around the central star is fixed and thus can be calculated. All these are undoubtedly objective and no one can adulterate anything subjective into the facts. Thereby, it is totally qualified as another typical and persuading example for my view that not all the observations are subjective!
Through my elaboration above, I do hold that the assertion in the topic is actually partial and too definite in its point! As a matter of fact, I greatly approve that we should avoid adding too much subjective thinking into our observation! We should objectively witness the whole process and then present it with the greatest precision so that the data users can reach a correct and precise conclusion, just as it is achieved in a lot of science fields!
前兩天寫了一封郵件給章校長向他匯報一下近期英語角的情況,今天晚上居然收到他的回信了,他在信中向我表達了喜悅之情,還鼓勵我要好好把英語角弄下去,讓更多的深大學子受益.他還叫我要注意勞逸結(jié)合,要適當運動放松保重身體!真的讓我感動死了.因為他平時真的超級忙,而且年紀也很大了,頭發(fā)都花白了,可是依舊這么關(guān)心我們!我多次找他幫忙他都欣然應允了,真心祝愿他身體健康,工作順利!
Topic: There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer’s expectations or desires.
Observation is such a practical deed that almost all the subjects and fields need it to fulfill their targets. We can casually name some examples without the least thinking. One may be physics. As we all know the development of physics is greatly furthered with the aids of observation. To catch an inspiration and reach an assumption, the physicist need to observe a given phenomenon exceedingly intently. After the assumed theory comes into being, he has to apply it into practical cases to testify its availability, practicability as well as validity, which cannot be conducted without innumerable and extended observations! Some great theories may require decades even centuries of observation with the assistance of several generations of physicists to finally verify its invaluable essence! The amount of such kind of instances is too vast to be named one by one!
Another representative subject to illustrate the extensive use of observation is writing or composition. If the writer desires to compose some masterpieces that embody insightful meanings and have far-reaching and positive impact on people’s mind even on the evolvement of our society, he must have a critical and profound mind that can probe into the interior essence through surface of a certain phenomenon with earnest observation of the circumstances around! Through deliberate observation he may arrest a thread of afflatus out of the blue and form his masterpiece! Without versant and persistent observation, the writer will finally exhaust all his innovative thinking and compose nothing of value.
The two cases above are to exemplify the unshakable significant status of observation in all fields of our modern society. But the topic raises another point that is well worth our pondering. Is it really true that All observation is subjective?
Definitely, no one cannot deny that in many cases we will add our own subjective thinking into what we see and put it in a subjective way. That is why the same matter even the same phenomenon will be depicted differently by different narrators. Except for some of them are doing so knowingly and weirdly viciously, a great many are affected by their living experiences, their scope of knowledge as well as their capability to observe and reach a fair and right conclusion! Besides, with the same phenomenon, different people focus on different parts of it. For instance, though all the people in the auditorium in the cinema are enjoying the same movie, their may emphasize on different plots and roles. Then after they finish the movie and are asked about the detail of it, their descriptions are varied accordingly.
Hence, now we may come up with a conclusion that some observations are indeed blended with our subjective thinking. But is it workable to all the cases? I am afraid not. Below is my further elucidation.
To start with, I still tend to refer to the science. Now we take chemistry for example. The same with physics, chemistry is also a subject that needs observation to work out new findings and inventions to renew itself. Chemists work painstakingly to start up chemical reactions and observe their phenomena carefully. They need to observe the light, the heat, the ultimate production resulting from the reaction, etcetera. All the procedure is monitored extremely delicately and objectively. Needless to say, the final production is objectively existing then. How can we mix our subjective thinking into the eventual result? This illustration eloquently justifies my belief that not all the observation is subjective!
To further consolidate my point convincingly, I will take another example. That is astronomy. As is widely acknowledged, astronomers are constantly observing the movement and orbits of lots of stars and planets through astronomical telescope. The orbit a given star is rounding is permanent and objective. Besides, the cycle of a complete movement for a planet around the central star is fixed and thus can be calculated. All these are undoubtedly objective and no one can adulterate anything subjective into the facts. Thereby, it is totally qualified as another typical and persuading example for my view that not all the observations are subjective!
Through my elaboration above, I do hold that the assertion in the topic is actually partial and too definite in its point! As a matter of fact, I greatly approve that we should avoid adding too much subjective thinking into our observation! We should objectively witness the whole process and then present it with the greatest precision so that the data users can reach a correct and precise conclusion, just as it is achieved in a lot of science fields!