双重偏颇:当科学为信仰

Dual absurdities of taking science as faith

科学在两种意义上被作为信仰:其一,科学成为权威和真理的化身,被世俗世界奉为"信仰"(信仰1:信徒视角);其二,由于知识的权力建构性和相对性,科学被认为无异于是一种神话、意识形态或"信仰"(信仰2:局外视角)。二者均失之偏颇:科学以信念和预设先行奠基,客观性有限,不足以成为"信仰1";科学具有可证伪性、完备的自洽性和实用意义上的逼真性,故而不止是"信仰2"。以科学为信仰,将导致迷失或混同。

Science is considered as faith in two contexts. Firstly, science signifies the embodiment of truth and authority, and is worshiped as faith in the perspective of disciple in the secular world. Secondly, science is considered just as a sort of mythology, ideology or faith in the perspective of spectator because of its power constructiveness and cultural relativity. Both of them are biased fallacies： science is not credible enough to be a faith for its limited objectivity and its reliance on default presupposition, and meanwhile, it is more objective and true than faith because of its falsifiability, complete self-consistency and fidelity.