新康德主义与逻辑经验主义对广义相对论哲学意义的解读

Neo-Kantianism and Logical Empiricism's Interpretations of Philosophical Significance of General Relativity

作为一项重要的革命性的物理学理论,广义相对论不仅对于物理学研究具有重要意义,还得到了来自新康德主义、逻辑经验主义等不同哲学流派的哲学家的广泛关注。文章概述了以卡西尔为代表的新康德主义、以赖兴巴赫和石里克为代表的逻辑经验主义对广义相对论的哲学意义的不同解读,认为他们均运用广义相对论为自己的哲学立场服务。康德对爱因斯坦的影响是相当间接的,康德哲学与广义相对论并不相容。对广义相对论哲学意义的解读,构成了逻辑经验主义产生的重要的历史背景。

As an important and revolutionary physical theory, the general relativity is important not only to physical research, but also to many philo-sophical schools. This essay argues that quite a few philosophers from Neo-Kantianism and logical empiricism tend to use general relativity to prove the truth of their own philosophical standpoint. Kantian philosophy influenced on Einstein indirectly and it is not compatible with general relativity.Logical empiricists＇ interpretation about general relativity is central background to the origin and development of logical empiricism.