Refinetti R
Department of Psychology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA.
Am J Physiol. 1997 Jun;272(6 Pt 3):S31-5. doi: 10.1152/advances.1997.272.6.S31.
Since the mid-1960s, philosophy of science [particularly that derived from Kuhn's work (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962)] has become an informal part of the education of scientists worldwide, including physiologists. However, recent postmodernist developments have enraged a number of scientists, who would like to sever any ties with philosophy of science. The author contends that the perceived conflict is due mainly to a misunderstanding of the implications of constructivist assertions and partially to flawed reasoning in a few constructivist approaches. There is no fundamental conflict that would justify the elimination of philosophy of science from science education.
自20世纪60年代中期以来，科学哲学（尤其是源自库恩著作《科学革命的结构》，芝加哥：芝加哥大学出版社，1962年）已成为包括生理学家在内的全球科学家教育中的一个非正式组成部分。然而，后现代主义的最新发展激怒了一些科学家，他们希望切断与科学哲学的一切联系。作者认为，这种明显的冲突主要是由于对建构主义断言的含义存在误解，部分原因是一些建构主义方法中的推理存在缺陷。不存在会使从科学教育中剔除科学哲学变得合理的根本冲突。
