The Path of Social Sciences - Contemporary Academic Thought Collection

Author: Huang Guangguo
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: ig">“A philosophy of science without the history of science is empty, and a history of science without the philosophy of science is blind.” The author believes that for Chinese scholars, both natural science and social science, which are the mainstreams of academic thought in the world today, are products of Western culture. The main reason for the current decline in the level of Chinese scientific research lies in the lack of corresponding understanding of Western philosophy of science among Chinese scientific researchers. Based on this understanding, this book takes Wittgenstein's philosophy of language as a starting point and systematically introduces the main contributions of seventeen Western thinkers to positivism, post-positivism, structuralism, hermeneutics, and critical theory. It is hoped that the perspectives presented in this book can become the horizon for Chinese young scholars to embark on their academic careers and lay a solid foundation for the development of science in Chinese society.