首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Pure or Theoretical Knowledge For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural sciences or scie
Pure or Theoretical Knowledge For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural sciences or scie
admin
2010-01-13
49
问题
Pure or Theoretical Knowledge
For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural sciences or sciences dealing with the natural world (physical and biological sciences), and sciences dealing with mankind (psychology, sociology, all the sciences of cultural achievements, every kind of historical knowledge). Apart from these sciences is philosophy, about which we will talk later. In the first place, all this is pure of theoretical knowledge, sought only for the purpose of understanding, in order to fulfil the need to understand that is intrinsic and consubstantial to man. What distinguishes man from animal is that he knows and needs to know. If man did not know that the world existed, and that the world was of a certain kind, that he was in the world and that he himself was of a certain kind, he wouldn’t be man. The technical aspects or applications of knowledge are equally necessary for man and are of the greatest importance because they also contribute to defining him as man and permit him to pursue a life increasingly more truly human.
But even while enjoying the results of technical progress, he must defend the primacy and autonomy of pure knowledge. Knowledge sought directly for its practical applications will have immediate and foreseeable success, but not the kind of important result whose revolutionary scope is in large part unforeseen, except by the imagination of the Utopians. Let me recall a well-known example. If the Greek mathematicians had not applied themselves to the investigation of conic sections, zealously and without the least suspicion that it might someday be useful, it would not have been possible centuries later to navigate far from shore. The first man to study nature of electricity could not imagine that their experiments, carried on because of mere intellectual curiosity, would eventually lead to modern electrical technology, without which we can scarcely conceive of contemporary life, Pure knowledge is valuable for its own sake, because the human spirit cannot resign itself to ignorance. But, in addition, it is the foundation for practical results that would not have been reached if this knowledge had not been sought disinterestedly.
In the paragraph that follows this passage, we may expect the author to discuss ______.
选项
A、unforeseen discoveries
B、philosophy
C、the value of pure research
D、the value of technical research
答案
B
解析
本文第二句中提到“Apart from these sciences is philosophy,about which we will talk later.”由此可以推断文章在后面应该接着谈到philosophy。所以正确答案应当为B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/YRGd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类基础题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类基础
职称英语
相关试题推荐
HomeSchoolingAllchildrenintheUnitedStateshavetoreceiveaneducation,butthelawdoesnotsaytheyhavetobeeducate
TheDevelopmentofRubberHereisthestoryofrubber.Fromtheearliesttimeitwascommonknowledge(51)thePeruviansthatwhe
TheauthorcouldnotgotosleeppartlybecauseGladiatorwasthenameof
WeallthinkthatMary’shusbandisaveryboringperson,
TreesTreesareusefultomaninthreeveryimportantways:theyprovidehimwithwoodandotherproducts;theygivehimshade;
Helackedthestrengthtodealwithalltheseproblems.
LivewithComputerAftertoolongonthenet,evenaphonecallcanbeashock.Myboyfriend’sLiverpudlian(利物浦的)accentsu
TheAnimalsinDesertSomedesertanimalscansurvivetheverystrongsummerheatanddrynessbecausetheyhaveveryunusual
Imustcomplimentyouonyourhandlingofaverydifficultsituation.
随机试题
NorthofBostonisdescribedbytheauthor,RobertFrost,as"abookofpeople,"whichshowsabrilliantinsightinto______char
因特网中专门完成IP地址和域名地址之间进行转换的设备称为域名服务器。
正常产后多久在腹部扪不到子宫底
患者,女,50岁。因头晕半年来院检查,影像检查如下图。该患者最有可能的诊断是
病原携带者作为传染源意义的大小,主要取决于()
阅读下列材料,根据要求回答问题。Theteacherhadsomepicturesinhandandpreparedfortheclass.…Warming-up(1)Let’ssingthecolorsongan
内部效度的影响因素有()。
[1999年MBA真题]王宏和李明是要好的朋友。王宏是学气象的,每天要做天气预报。李明是学哲学的,爱和人辩论。某个星期六的中午,两人在一块吃饭,王宏急着要走,说要去加班,准备明天的天气预报。李明说:“何必着急?做天气预报还不容易。你只要说明天有50%的概率
A、 B、 C、 D、 C
当用户输入abc时,下面代码的输出结果是try:n=0n=input(’’请输入一个整数:’’)defpow10(n):returnn**10except:print(’’程序执行错误’’)
最新回复
(
0
)