哲学为什么不断返回经典?

Why does Philosophy Constantly Return to the Classics?

我们似乎很容易就可以观察到,哲学与科学对待经典的态度有明显的区别,哲学不断返回经典。但“哲学”“科学”这样的语词所指示的对象内部存在着巨大的多样性,因而如何刻画上述区别就成了一个问题。借助“达尔文主义空间”这个思考工具,可以对哲学与科学对待经典的态度区别作出非本质主义的刻画,并通过宗教、哲学与科学的对比厘清“经典”的含义。哲学返回经典的做法可归因于哲学概念和科学概念之间存在的四点区别,并可以以此论证哲学这一做法的合理性。

It seems obvious that there is a conspicuous distinction between philosophy and science in dealing with the classics, and that philosophy constantly returns to the classics. However, there exists a huge diversity among the objects indicated by the words of "philosophy" and "science", so how to describe this distinction becomes a problem. This paper gives a non-essential characterization of the difference between the attitudes of philosophy and science towards their respective classics by means of a thinking tool, i.e."a Darwinism Space", and clarifies the meaning of "classics" through the contrast of religion, philosophy and science. This article attributes the return of philosophy to the classics to the four differences between philosophical concepts and scientific concepts and argues the rationality of this philosophical approach.