摘要
近代科学不是西方文明独有的产物，而是不同文明特别是东西方文明间相互融合、共同创造的成果。在历史上，古代希腊科学没能直接发展成近代科学，而东方文化对西方科学中过度的理性主义传统却起到了纠偏、涵化和升华的作用，对其疏离价值、缺少人文关怀的“先天不足”作了适当的“培补”和“修复”。这些不仅体现在东方科学文化所给予的大量科学思想启迪中，而且表现在西方近代科学研究方法的嬗变中。没有东方文化的这种影响，近代科学（革命）是不可能发生的。
Modern science is not an exclusive outcome of Western civilization. Rather, it is a hybrid and co-creature of the Eastern and Western civilizations. The ancient Greek science did not directly transform into modern science, whereas the Eastern cultures brought rectification, acculturation and sublimation to the radical rationalist tendency of the Western science. Furthermore, Eastern cultures made compensation to the Western tradition for its lack of concerning humanity. Evidences of these impacts can be seen in the documents about the Eastern scientific thoughts and in the evolution process of the modern science itself. Without these impacts, modern science would have been impossible to emerge.
出处
《古代文明》
CSSCI
2008年第2期88-101,共14页
The Journal of Ancient Civilizations
关键词
东方文化
近代
科学革命
历史影响
Oriental Cultures Modern times scientific revolution historical impacts
