三大学科群方法问题沉思录

On the Methodology of the Three Discipline Groups

人文学科、社会科学和自然科学三大学科群在方法论上各有当下的侧重点 ,它们分别是化感通变、实事求是和格物致知。三大学科群方法在秉性上的差别和际遇方面的利钝 ,造成了价值取舍的不同向度和学术品位的奇光异彩 ;三位一体的异质同构、多元方法的涵摄共和以及互补互动的擒纵机括 ,是分久必合、合中有异 ,异以致和的天人共鸣。“此当重坤”是纠正学科群偏颇和治疗文明综合症的纲领口号 。

So far as methodology is concerned, the three discipline groups, namely, the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, have their own peculiar stresses on the following aspects respectively:perfection through edification, matter of fact, spirit and exploration of new sphere of knowledge through the study of the way nature works. Such differences in the nature of methodology naturally lead to differences in academic orientations and criteria. On the other hand, the harmony between universe and human being is exactly a manifestation of the integration of different elements in the trinity of the three discipline groups(i.e.isomorphism) and the co existence, mutual completement and interactions of their multiple methodologies. This harmony, in turn, is a product of the philosophical believes of the ultimate unity after long separation, the tolerance of difference and the compatibility of different elements. Therefore, the remedies for undue biases in each of the three discipline groups and for the syndrome of civilization can be found in the 'immediate emphasis on the significance of kun' (a symbol in Yijing, a classic of Confucianism, representing Mother Earth).As a matter of fact we will eventually realize that this is also a policy with strategic importance for our transition from global village civilization to the solar system civilization.