科学与常识:如何走向渐行渐远

Science and Common Sense:How and Why Separating Further and Further

纵观科学史会发现,科学理论与常识之间的关系走过的是一个渐行渐远以至分道扬镳的历程。亚里士多德的理论以常识为基础;哥白尼和伽利略的理论则表现出与经验常识的背离;牛顿发明科学概念,不过这些概念依然烙有常识的痕迹;爱因斯坦的研究则始于对牛顿力学中基本概念的质疑,质疑的正是这些概念中常识的痕迹。科学理论作为人类的一种认知手段,只能从常识起步,但正是借助于逻辑思维尤其是数学推理,科学理论得以摆脱常识的束缚,人类因此而拓宽视野,并意识到坐井观天的局限。

Throughout science history it discovers that scientific theories and common senses go from each other further and further until departure.Aristotle's theory bases on common sense;Copernicus and Galileo keep their theory far from experimental common sense;Newton invented scientific definition ironed with marks of common sense;Einstein's study started with doubt on the basic definition of Newton Mechanics,exactly speaking,the marks of common senses in the definition.Theories of science,as a way of mankind's recognition of the world,can only start from common sense.But with the help of logic mind especially mathematical reasoning,science theories has been enabled to shake off the chain of common sense and provide human being with a broaden world view as well as realization on the limits as viewing the world from the bottom of well.