摘要
南怀仁的《穷理学》是明末清初中西会通的集成之作 ,但毁失严重。本文通过对南怀仁的“穷理学”概念、《穷理学》一书的编撰背景和编撰方式 ,以及现存的《进呈〈穷理学〉书奏》和 1 4卷《穷理学》残本的内容等三个方面的分析 ,认为《穷理学》包括逻辑学与方法论及形而上学、数学、天文学、测量、力学与机械、生物学与医学等六个方面的内容 ,并按照 5卷为一端的形式共形成 60卷。该书的显著特点是剔除亚里士多德哲学中的自然神论 ,并融合中国传统格致知识 ,以演绎推理构成全书内容。该书反映了明末清初“格物穷理之学”的总体概况。
Qiongli xue) Ferdinand Verbiest's Thorough Inquiry into Physics was a comprehensive record of the intellectual exchange between China and the West during the late Ming and the early Qing. Unfortunately, only fragments of this work have survived. Through an analysis of the conceptual organization, editorial style, and extant remnants, this paper suggests that the book included six major topics: logic, methodology and metaphysics, mathematics, astronomy, measurements, biology and medicine, which were divided into sixty volumes (juan).Among the notable features of this work were its abandonment of the natural theology of Aristotelian philosophy and its integration with Chinese natural sciences (gezhi), and its total reliance on deductive reasoning.The book reflects the general state of the field of studies, known in the late Ming and the early Qing as “investigating natural phenomena and their principles”
出处
《清史研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2003年第3期73-84,共12页
The Qing History Journal
