从胡塞尔现象学到外尔规范原理

From Husserl's Phenomenology to Weyl's Gauge Principle

当代规范理论起源于外尔的规范不变性原理,外尔在1918年《引力和电》一文中提出规范不变性原理,其发现的语境除了广义相对论的成功、微分几何的发展,最关键的就是胡塞尔先验现象学的应用。包括胡塞尔和外尔的四封通信在内的诸多材料,说明胡塞尔先验现象学确实范导了外尔的规范原理。特别是,先验现象学观念论对无穷小几何和规范不变性原理的指导作用,体现出先验现象学观念论的方法论意义。

Contemporary gauge theory was originated with Weyl＇ s gauge invariance principle. Weyl proposed gauge invariance principle in his paper Gravity and Electricity in 1918. The context of the discovery of this principle involves the success of general relativity, the development of differential geometry, especially the application of Husserl＇ s transcendental phenomenology. Many evidences, including four letters between Husserl and Weyl, indicate that Husserl＇ s transcendental phenomenology indeed guided and inspired Weyl＇ s gauge theory. Transcendental phenomenology has in particular its role of guidance to infinitesimal geometry and gauge invariance principle, reflecting the methodological significance of transcendental phenomenology.