科学的语言。
The Language of Science.
作者信息
Normand Matthew P
机构信息
Department of Psychology, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211 USA.
出版信息
Perspect Behav Sci. 2017 Nov 1;42(3):675-688. doi: 10.1007/s40614-017-0123-8. eCollection 2019 Sep.
Science is what scientists do and, especially, what they say about what they do. Science is a way of talking about the world that enables the listener to behave more effectively in that world. Understanding science, then, is a matter of understanding the language of science. Scientific verbal practices are codified and recorded so that they can affect the behavior of all scientists, including those without access to the original controlling variables. What we know about the world is simply the way we have learned to talk about the world. We know best what is most useful about the world, in the sense that what we know enables us to behave effectively in the world. Scientists are unique in that they, more so than non-scientists, have the experience of behaving as effectively as possible-they can predict and control. This is what makes all the difference, in the sense that it makes science different from other ways of knowing about the world. Science is not simply one way of knowing about the world, it is arguably the most effective way of knowing about it. Scientific talk leads to effective action.
科学是科学家们所从事的活动，尤其是他们对自己所做之事的描述。科学是一种谈论世界的方式，能让听众在那个世界中更有效地行动。那么，理解科学就是理解科学语言的问题。科学的言语实践被编纂和记录下来，以便它们能影响所有科学家的行为，包括那些无法接触到原始控制变量的科学家。我们对世界的了解仅仅是我们学会谈论世界的方式。从我们所知道的能让我们在世界中有效行动的意义上来说，我们最了解世界上最有用的东西。科学家之所以独特，是因为与非科学家相比，他们更能体验到尽可能有效地行动——他们能够预测和控制。从它使科学不同于其他认识世界的方式这个意义上来说，这就是关键所在。科学不仅仅是一种认识世界的方式，它可以说是认识世界最有效的方式。科学的谈论会带来有效的行动。
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