对自然化认识论研究纲领的诘难与辩护

Criticism And Argument About the Naturalized Epistemology

自然化认识论把科学认识活动看成一种自然现象,主张从探讨各门具体科学入手,用实证科学的研究手段和方法来研究认识问题,使认识论自然化、科学化,力图在自然科学内部说明认识的合理性。对自然化认识论研究纲领的诘难与辩护主要表现在:它能否摆脱基础主义与怀疑论,它是描述性的还是规范性的,以及认识论自然化与社会化两种趋向的关系。

The naturalized epistemology regards the scientific cognition as a kind of natural phenomenon and insists that the epistemology should be naturalized by using the methods of natural science and tries to explain the rationality of science within science. The criticism and argument about the naturalized epistemology includes the following aspects： firstly, can epistemology be naturalized？ Secondly, can it get rid of the predicaments encountered by the Foundationalism and the Skepticism？ thirdly, how to deal with the conflicts between the descriptive and the normative？ finally, what is the relationship between the naturalization and socialization？