Institute of Religion, Science and Social Studies

On April 19^th, 2005 Professor Jiang Sheng is invited by SDU Center of Space Calorifics to give a lecture of “Humanity and Inbeing of Science”.

This lecture presided by Prof. Luan Tao is part of “Inspiration of 2005” forum. Prof. Jiang expounded his opinion on human nature through questing the essence of science. He suggested that religion is just an attitude absurd demand on life, neither vulgar nor superstitious, and a dimension exhibiting human nature. While science essentially is an extrinsic system created by human nature. Human possessing a dread feeling on unrecognizable parts of outer world, need science as implement to “know” and medium to “touch” the outer world. Thus people believe that implement is effectual to eliminate or release the tension between subject and object.

Furthermore Dr. Jiang introduced his cultural theory of “energy-grabbing”. Each being tends to seize and consume energy by drive of its instinct, but that is a process of energy import and export. However, human activity is a deliberate “energy-grabbing” determined by consciousness and culture. Such inclination of energy is inner tendency of conflict and confluence among diverse cultures.

Lastly he introduced the thought of Lao Zi on space expressed in Dao De Jing, and pointed out that every person owns multi-selfhood, answering warmly the questions from audience.