科学与中国传统文化讨论的三个误区

Common Pitfalls in Discussion about Modern Science and Chinese Culture

关于现代科学与中国传统文化之间关系,时下的讨论常常落入三个误区。误区之一是语境主义的缺失,将当代中国在科学竞争上的乏力笼统地归咎于传统文化;误区之二是将文化与制度作截然区分,忽视了已经获得制度化表达的非儒家文化的强大影响力;误区之三是将科学文化视为西方文化,未能深刻认识科学价值与科学规范的普世性。

Three common pitfalls in discussion about the relationship between modem science and Chinese traditional culture are examined. The first one is the deficiency of contextualism, which ascribes the incompetence of scientific achievements in contemporary China to Chinese traditional culture. The second one is the distinction between culture and institution, which ignores the heterogeneity of Chinese culture and thus can＇ t recognize the institutionalization of values and norms other than those of Confucianism. The third one is the confusion between modernity and locality, which fails to understand the local resistance to the universality of scientific culture.