摘要
“为什么近代科学没有在中国产生 ?”这个被历史学家称作“李约瑟问题”的命题今天仍然是全世界科学史家们关注的热点之一 ,它的意义已经超越了“科学”和“中国”这两个特定范畴。此文的目的不是对这一问题再添加一个或数个特解 ,即不讨论与此有关的种种动力因素——无论是从科学内部还是从科学外部 ;相反 ,它将对国际上有关“李约瑟问题”的近期研究提供一个广角俯瞰 ,着重分析这一问题的来源和发展 ,指出其在世界范围内科学编史学上的作用 ,进而将“李约瑟问题”
Why did modern science not develop in China?”Nowadays,the“Needham question”— as historians have come to refer to this subject — is still a widely discussed topic among historians of science throughout the world,and its full implications go well beyond the more specific matter of science and China.This article does not discuss the various dynamic factors related to this subject,whether internal or external to science.Instead,it provides a broad survey of recent research concerning this problem,and places special emphasis upon the origins and development of the“Needham question”,as well as its significance in the historiography of world science.
出处
《自然科学史研究》
CSSCI
CSCD
2000年第4期293-305,共13页
Studies in The History of Natural Sciences
关键词
“李约瑟问题”
中国
近代科学史
Needham question, Science and Civilisation in China, Scientific Revolution,lagging behind,traditional science,modernity
