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<hr><p align="left"><small>发信人: azhong (陈家村的铁匠), 信区: Oversea <br>
标 题: Statement of Purpose -- Philosophy <br>
发信站: 飘渺水云间 (Sun Oct 21 10:07:43 2001), 转信 <br>
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发信人: lonelyman (祖儿~又是深爱季节), 信区: AdvancedEdu <br>
标 题: Statement of Purpose -- Philosophy <br>
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Oct 19 02:04:54 2001) <br>
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This essay was part of JiJi's application. He is studying Philosophy in Car <br>
negie Mellon University. <br>
Comments from Members <br>
By JiJi, a BeBeyond Member <br>
November 1, 1999 <br>
In order to make me more familiar to you, here I'd like to talk about my edu <br>
cational background, academic interests and future plan. <br>
In 1996, waived of the National Examination for Entrance to Universities, I <br>
entered Peking University, the best university in our country. Here, I met a <br>
few leading logicians and philosophers in China. Under their guidance, I ma <br>
de the first step of my academic expedition. In the past three years, like m <br>
ost students in the department, I finished all the required courses of philo <br>
sophy, which gave me access to all kinds of philosophical schools and moveme <br>
nts. <br>
What distinguishes me, however, is my competence in logic and mathematics. M <br>
ajoring in logic, I breezed through the undergraduate courses with exception <br>
al grades. Besides, I took some graduate courses on Modal Theory, Proof Theo <br>
ry and Recursive Theory as well. Thanks to the affinity between mathematics <br>
and logic, I did not find much difficulty in many mathematical courses eithe <br>
r, such as analysis (mathematical and real), algebra (lineal and abstract), <br>
topology, and some discrete mathematics. In those classes, I always ranked t <br>
he first or second out of about 160 students, most of whom are from Departme <br>
nt of Mathematics and Department of Computer Science. The study not only equ <br>
ips me with strong background, but also adds to my interest and confidence i <br>
n mathematics and logic. <br>
Naturally, when handling philosophical issues, I prefer the analytic method. <br>
This does not mean I reject other approaches to philosophy. Every time I re <br>
ad the works of some non-analytic thinkers, especially Nietzsche, Kierkegaar <br>
d and Sartre, I was deeply touched by the wisdom and power displayed in thei <br>
r thoughts and arguments. However, when it is up to me myself to deal with s <br>
ome problems, I cannot help resorting to logical analysis, which I regard as <br>
the most reliable approach. Soundness, in my opinion, is not only crucial t <br>
o mathematics and logic, but also important to philosophy. For this matter, <br>
I admire Frege and Carnap very much. <br>
Unfortunately, as I study the Chinese philosophy, I can hardly find the anal <br>
ytic methodology. The synthetic method of Chinese philosophy does have some <br>
advantages in metaphysics, but many or most Chinese philosophers have gone s <br>
o far in this direction that they seldom adopt the methodology of logical an <br>
alysis. Such situation gives me the feeling that we may expect a revolutiona <br>
ry breakthrough in Chinese philosophy if we import the analytic spirit of th <br>
e West. That's one important reason why I want to get more advanced training <br>
in logic and analytic philosophy in the United States. <br>
To prepare for further study, I paid much attention to analytic philosophy a <br>
nd philosophy of language. The movement of analytic philosophy has gone a lo <br>
ng way in this century. One analytic philosopher may differ, to a considerab <br>
le extent, from another in specific objects and ways of research. However, t <br>
he common and central task of these thinkers that to clarify the meaning of <br>
language, in my opinion, does not change much. When analyzing language, eith <br>
er the language of science or the ordinary language, the methodologies of lo <br>
gic, both semantic and syntactic, play an important role. Furthermore, in li <br>
nguistics and philosophy of language, the research of Formal Semantics is al <br>
so closely related to logic. Thus my strong background in logic and mathemat <br>
ics can help a lot here. Meanwhile such reliance of these fields on logic ex <br>
tends my scope to the philosophy of logic. What is logic? Where lie the foun <br>
dation and boundary of logic? These issues, I think, are also essential in t <br>
he study of the foundations of mathematics. Besides, Philosophical logic is <br>
appealing to me. In my view, it can be a very important approach to metaphys <br>
ics and epistemology. <br>
In addition to those theoretic aspects, I feel quite interested in the appli <br>
ed aspects of logic. I audited some courses in the department of Computer Sc <br>
ience at PKU and in October 1998, I became an assistant of a project on Arti <br>
ficial Intelligence (AI), which is implemented jointly by our department and <br>
the department of Computer Science of USTC (University of Science and Techn <br>
ology of China). The main concern is with Intentional Logic and Cognitive Lo <br>
gic. I learned a lot by participating in it and got to know the importance o <br>
f non-standard logics, such as nonmonotonic logics and dynamic logics. I fee <br>
l that the application of logic in this area is not simply based on logical <br>
theories and methodologies, but at the same time, conducive to the developme <br>
nt of theories. Also curious about Cognitive Science and Decision Theory, I <br>
read some works on Game Theory last year and have thought about the problem <br>
of Multi-subject Cognition and Decision for some time. <br>
In summary, currently my interests lie in the following areas: <br>
(1) Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic and Philosophical Logic; <br>
(2) Philosophy of Language and Formal Semantics in Linguistics; <br>
(3) Foundations of Mathematics and Logic; <br>
(4) AI and Cognitive Science; <br>
In light of my academic background, I believe I am suitable to work in one o <br>
f these fields. But I also realize that what I have learned is still far fro <br>
m enough to conduct research in depth on these topics. I feel compelled to g <br>
et some access to advanced theories in these areas and receive specialized a <br>
nd profound training under a scholar, whose work can serve as a model for me <br>
. <br>
Consequently, I find your institution a right place for me. I am happy to se <br>
e that the structure of the program of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon Univers <br>
ity, which provides both width and flexibility, accords well with what I hav <br>
e in mind. The rich tradition in interdisciplinary research of your institut <br>
ion also suits me very well. My ultimate goal is to obtain a scholastic post <br>
in the academic study of philosophy and logic. If I am fortunate enough to <br>
be enrolled in your program, I will hopefully start my career from a high le <br>
vel in the future. <br>
I hope my application will have your serious consideration. Thank you. <br>
<br>
<br>
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-- <br>
其实,那边也不错... <br>
可惜已经不能回头. <br>
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※ 来源:·飘渺水云间 Freecity.dhs.org·[FROM: azhong] <br>
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