This blog post examines why Zhu Xi saw the mind as the source encompassing both character and emotions. We explore together the significance of his step-by-step analysis of the mind’s functions for moral cultivation and the perfection of character. For Song Dynasty Confucian scholars who valued the perfection of character and moral practice, the mind (心) was the most fundamental...
This blog post examines the natural worldview in Korean creation myths and explores how it aligns with the theory of evolution established in the West. It looks at how the worldview in early myths presupposed gradual change and harmony. The theory of evolution, developed by Charles Robert Darwin and numerous scientists, explains the diversity and complexity of existing life forms. Its core...
This blog post explores the positive possibilities brought by advances in biotechnology, while also delving deeply into the risks uncontrolled mutations could pose to humanity’s future. On March 14, 2018, the brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking passed away. Though he was a cosmologist, he also made numerous predictions about humanity’s future. Among them, his warnings about the...
This blog post explains why decontamination technology is considered the most critical step in the decommissioning process of aging nuclear power plants. It examines the principles of radiation removal and the technical challenges involved, outlining the essential conditions for safe decommissioning. On June 19, 2017, Unit 1 of the Kori Nuclear Power Plant in South Korea permanently ceased...
This blog post examines how the trade-off theory and the pecking order theory interpret corporate size and growth potential differently, providing a balanced understanding of the core principles governing debt ratio decisions. The Modigliani-Miller theory, often expressed as the proposition that capital structure is irrelevant to firm value, is a capital structure theory based on the...
This blog post explores the physiological reasons behind how sex hormones and the characteristics of fat cells interact to create differences in fat accumulation and breakdown speeds across body regions in men and women. The processes by which fat is stored and broken down within the body have been clearly elucidated through extensive research. Fat accumulates within fat cells in the form...
This blog post examines how modern society, under conditions valuing diversity and autonomy, has excluded the question of the good life, exploring its philosophical background and limitations. Views on what constitutes a good life vary across societies and cultures, yet each society or culture possesses an ideal form of the good life that its members deem desirable. So, what makes our...
This blog post examines the background and legal logic behind animal trials actually conducted in medieval Europe. It explores how the combination of an anthropocentric view of nature with religion and jurisprudence enabled these bizarre trials. In 1587, residents of a French village sued a swarm of beetles before the local ecclesiastical court, claiming the insects had caused such severe...
This blog post examines how intensive media coverage amplifies risk perceptions surrounding science and technology incidents, and what changes it brings to public trust and image formation in the process. Science and technology reporting typically involves specialized content that is difficult for the public to access in daily life. The public primarily relies on media reports to learn...
This blog post calmly examines the insights Otto Hösle’s tripartite division of objectivity, subjectivity, and intersubjectivity provides into the structure and argumentation methods of philosophical writing. The definition of philosophical writing methods is directly linked to how we define the academic nature of philosophy. Unlike empirical sciences, where validity is determined...