逻辑主义与后现代学术态度

Logicism and Postmodern Academic Attitudes

逻辑主义认为仅凭逻辑或一套操作性的认知程序即可把握真理,把握真理与道德、情感、欲望、境界等精神状态没有关系;认为确定性是最重要的认知目标。古希腊哲学和中国传统思想都不这么认为。后现代主义在对本质主义和基础主义的消解中也消解了逻辑主义。科学史本身表明,没有内在于科学中的诚,科学便无法发现知识。知识和学术繁荣离不开真诚、谦逊、包容等学术态度。

According to logicism, truth can be recognized by mere process of logic or operational methods, and the recognition of truth has nothing to do with the spirituality of knower. Logicism takes certainty as the most important goal of human recognition. But both Greek and Chinese thinking are not like this. Postmodernism has deconstructed logicism while it deconstructed essential- ism and foundationalism. And the history of science itself shows that science cannot play its role in society without the spirit of sincerity inhering in its practice. The attitudes of sincerity, modesty and listening are the necessary conditions of the flourishing of learning and science.