思想实验及其在科学发展中的作用

Ideological Experiment & its function in Scien tific Development

思想实验是有别于真实实验的一种理性思维活动。文章对思想实验进行了纵向的历史考察和横向的比较研究 ,分析了思想实验的基本特点和形态 ,进而阐述了思想实验在近代科学发展中的积极作用 ;强烈的质疑批判作用 ;深刻的探索创新作用 ;积极的认识发展作用。

Ideological experiment is a form of real and tangible lab work as a rational thinking activity. So, in the article, the author tries to make a probe into the ideological experiment from two perspectives: one is an historical survey of diachronic investigations and the other is a comparative study of synchronic events. As a result, the ideological experiment's primary features as well as its formation are analyzed. In addition, its positive function in recent S&T developments are elaborated. Other problems such as the intensified dialectical estimation of some conventional issues, deep-going explorative creation and active cognition of S&T development are discussed.