对胡适“大胆的假设,小心的求证”的历史考辨

A Historic Criticism on “Bold Hypothesis versus Careful Verification” of Hu Shih

"大胆的假设,小心的求证"虽是一个老话题,但也是一个新话题,不仅因为对其方法论本身存有诸多的误解,而且其新颖性也可通过对已有命题的重新阐释予以实现。本文试图考辨与厘清这一理论方法的学术来源,挖掘和还原方法背后科学哲学的学术理路,论证其作为方法论的价值与生命力,并希冀以此获得一般意义上方法论的普遍性认识和结论。

Although'Bold Hypothesis versus Careful Verification'is an old topic,but it could still be considered as a new topic,the reason for which is not only that there are many misunderstandings in its methodology itself,but also that its novelty could be realized by reinterpretation of pre-existing proposition.This article makes an attempt to textually study and clarify the academic origin of this theoretical method,while excavating and reviving the scholastic logic of philosophy of science which lies behind methods,so that its value and vitality as methodology can be expounded and hereby,a common cognition and conclusion of methodology in general sense is anticipated to be obtained.