科学史上西方中心的思维定式与历史虚无主义

Western Centrism and Historical Nihilism in the History of Science

西方发达资本主义国家率先开启工业革命,拥有先进的科学技术和相关知识,其优秀文明成果值得学习借鉴消化吸收,但“西方中心主义”的科学史知识偏见需要警惕。中华民族为人类科学发展作出巨大贡献,中国是人类科学文化的发祥地之一,中国人具有科学精神,在古代取得了大量科技成就。西方近现代科学与中国传统科学存在范式异同,并没有垄断绝对真理。对此,应不断增强文化自信,反对科学史上的西方中心思维定式与历史虚无主义,加快构建中国科学史自主知识体系。

The western developed capitalist countries took the lead in promoting the development of the Industrial Revolution and have possessed advanced science and technology and related knowledge.Among them,the excellent achievements of civilization are worth learning,digesting and absorbing,while the“Western-centric”bias exists in the history of science.China is one of the cradles of human science and culture,as the Chinese nation has made great contributions to the scientific development of mankind.The Chinese people have a scientific spirit and made numerous scientific and technological achievements in ancient times.There exist more paradigm differences than a monopoly on absolute truth between modern Western science and traditional Chinese science.In this regard,we should continue to enhance our cultural self-confidence,oppose Western centrism and historical nihilism in the history of science,and accelerate the construction of an independent knowledge system for the science history of China.