论自然科学理论价值评价的原则、程序和方法

ON THE PRINCIPLES. PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR ASSESMENT OF THE THEORETICAL VALUES OF NATURAL SCIENCE.

自然科学理论是对自然界的某种属性和规律在观念形态上的反映,这种理论能够满足人们在物质上和精神上的一定需要,因而具有价值。科学理论的价值评价是人们对某一科学理论的价值作出评价,是客观的科学理论的价值在评价主体意识中的反映。这种评价对于科学理论被社会承认和转化为生产力,对于科学政策的制定。

How to make a correct assesment of the theoretical values of natural science is a question of great theoretical and practical significance. This article expounds the fundamental principles of objectivity, integrity, practice and development which must be observed, illustrates the general ptocedures for evaluation, and analyses the three basic methods: the method of knowledge, the method of practice, and the method of experience.