卢瑟福原子结构理论中“核”隐喻的提出——一项科学文本的修辞分析

The Proposition of Nucleus Metaphor in Rutherford's Theory of Atomic Structure——A Rhetoric Analysis of the Scientific Text

对科学话语进行社会学分析是科学知识社会学的研究纲领之一,科学修辞学的理论发展为这一研究进路提供了重要的分析工具,隐喻分析方法为其中之一。文章以卢瑟福1911～1914年发现原子"核"的三篇重要论文为文本,着重分析隐喻在这一重大科学发现过程中的作用,通过考察隐喻使用的历史性和对象性,揭示出隐喻对于科学理论建构和传播的重要作用。

One of the research programs in SSK is sociological analysis of the scientific discourse. The development of scientific rhetoric provided important tools for the research approach, among which is the method of metaphorical analysis. This paper chooses the three important papers of Rutherford＇ s about his discovery of nucleus between 1911 and 1914 as text, analyzes the role of metaphor in the great scientific discovery and shows the important role of met- aphor in the construction and communication of scientific theories by examining the historicity and the objectivity of metapher use.