论科学的理性信念

On the Rational Beliefs of Modern Science

近现代科学作为卓有成效的认识方式,是建立在几个基本的理性信念即存在信念、可识信念和经验信念之上的。这些信念潜存于任何现实的科学认识活动过程中,规范、指导着实际科学认识:存在信念为科学提供了最基本的存在框架;可识信念明确了科学的目标和方向;经验信念则确立起科学的现实基础。它们统一为科学理念。科学理念则构成科学的全部根基,是科学认识的根本逻辑前提:没有科学理念,科学既不可能生发,也不可能存在和发展。

As a fruitful and effective way of knowledge, modern science is based on some essential beliefs:the belief of existence, of cognizability, and of experience. These beliefs hide behind any process of practicalscientific cognition, regulating and guiding in principles all actual researches and investigations. The beliefof existence provides an elementary existent framework for science; the belief of cognizability makes clear thecognitive target and the direction of scientific researches while the belief of experience establishes the real basefor science. The integration of these beliefs turns to be the scientific ideology which forms the groundwork ofscience as the fundamental logical premise of scientific knowledge. Without these beliefs modern science cannever start nor grow and develop.