哲学社会科学评价中数量与质量关系的思考

Contemplation on the Relationship between Quantity and Quality of Humanity and Social Science Evaluation

近年来,在哲学社会科学领域,定量化评价引起太多的关注和思考,其中,既有合理的反思与批判,也不乏无端的非议与指责。文章对哲学社会科学评价中数量和质量的关系进行了梳理和解析,认为数量与质量相辅相成,构成了科研成果不可分割的两个方面;质量的评价必须要以一定的数量为基础;质量的提升源自于数量的积累;数量和质量并不冲突,二者融合于定量化评价之中;定量化评价方法本身没有问题,只是利益因素诱导出对该方法的误用和滥用,才导致了一系列的极端行为和失范现象。笔者呼吁能够辩证地看待数量与质量的关系,能够客观地评论定量化评价方法,能够更加冷静地寻找哲学社会科学评价的改革之道。

During recent years quantitative evaluation has attracted a variety of concerns in the field of humanity and social science, including both reasonable introspection and unreasonable critics. In fact, quantity and quality are two sides of research achievement and one can＇ t be separated from the other. The qualitative evaluation must be based on quantity and the promotion of quality also comes from the accumulation of quantity. The two elements are integrated in the method of quantitative evaluation. This paper analyzes the relationship between quantity and quality, in the hope that people can have a dialectical attitude towards quantitative evaluation methods and can find a proper way to realize the innovation and reform of humanity and social science research evaluation.