试论当代中国邪教的基本特征及其防范措施

在论述邪教基本内涵的基础上,着重从五个方面分别阐述了当代中国邪教的基本特征及其防范的主要措施.     

Popper's fundamental misdiagnosis of the scientific defects of Freudian psychoanalysis and of their bearing on the theory of demarcation.

The first impetus for my philosophical appraisal of Freudian psychoanalytic theory came from K. R. Popper's (1962) report that its edifice had played a pivotal role in his elevation of the empirical falsifiability of a hypothesis by potentially contrary evidence to be the linchpin of its scientific entertainability. Indeed, for Popper, psychoanalysis avowedly served as the centerpiece for the purported superiority of his own falsifiability criterion of demarcation between science and non(pseudo)science to the received inductivist standard for empirical theory validation. Popper fallaciously inferred the nonfalsifiability of Freudian and Adlerian psychology from his own declared inability to imagine logically possible contrary instances of human behavior. Moreover, he tried to buttress this thesis of irrefutability by the incorrect complaint that these 2 psychological theories were always inductively confirmed come what may. However, as I showed amply (A. Grünbaum, 1984, p. 280): "It is precisely Freud's theory that furnishes poignant evidence that Popper has caricatured the [Baconian] inductivist tradition by his thesis of easy inductive confirmability of nearly every theory.' Alas, Popper's treatment of psychoanalysis as the avowed anvil of his theory of scientific rationality will turn out to be an intellectual fiasco throughout. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

科学与伪科学的原则区别

对科学与伪科学从研究对象、研究方法以及它们与社会实践的关系三个方面进行了区分．科学的对象具有现象和本质方面的客观性；伪科学的研究对象多是虚构的；科学方法具有可公开性、平等性和普遍性，伪科学则相反；科学来自实践又接受实践的检验，而伪科学最终经不起实践的检验．     

对俄罗斯神秘主义泛滥原因的思考

俄罗斯神秘主义的泛滥有深刻的社会历史原因并产生了广泛的社会影响,通过对俄罗斯神秘主义现象进行分析,认为理性的堕落、政府的支持及媒体的助推造就了神秘主义的泛滥,其泛滥在一定程度上加剧了前苏联解体的进程,并影响了一代青少年的成长。     

A review of efficacy claims in energy psychology.

In a recent article in this journal, Feinstein (see record 2008-07317-008) cited evidence that he claimed shows the efficacy of the emotional freedom technique and the Tapas acupressure technique, 2 energy psychology therapies. Further investigation into these claims reveals serious flaws in the methodology of the research cited by Feinstein. The small successes seen in these therapies are potentially attributable to well-known cognitive and behavioral techniques that are included with the energy manipulation. Psychologists and researchers should be wary of using such techniques, and make efforts to inform the public about the ill effects of therapies that advertise miraculous claims. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)