逻辑实证主义“反形而上学”的信条评析

A Review of Logical Positivism's Program--the Elimination of Metaphysics

逻辑实证主义把实证主义“反形而上学”的信条推向了极端 ,他们从语言的意义理论入手 ,把传统哲学研究的问题统统归入不可用经验证实的、无意义的形而上学加以拒斥 ,把哲学的任务归结为对科学语言的逻辑分析与语义分析。从总体上和根本上来看 ,逻辑实证主义“反形而上学”是不成功的。但是也应看到 ,他们也留下了值得我们珍视的、具有启示意义的理论遗产。

Logical Positivism's program centered around the elimination of metaphysics through the logical analysis of language. Logical Positivists carried the program into extremes. They held that the problems studied by the traditional philosophies were meaningless and metaphysical because those systems of thought made many statements which couldn't be verified in any way. For Logical Positivists,the entire discipline of philosophy was centered one task: the logical clarification of concepts and ideas. Logical Positivists' elimination of metaphysics couldn't be justified essentially,but their studies left us a valuable and enlightening cultural heritage.