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众所周知,史学史是研究和阐述史学本身发展史的学科,它考察历史知识的积累过程和历史编纂方法的演变。然而科学史(history of science)作为一门完整独立的历史学科,也有其形成和发展的历史,这样可以把关于科学史的历史称为:“科学史学史”(history of the history of science)或(history of scientific history)。笔者提出这个概念,是基于一个基本事实:科学史随着一大批历史学家、科学家和科学史学家数个世纪以来艰苦卓绝的努力,已经建构成一个相对成熟的学科,它不仅在史学界和科学界占据一席之地,而且随着科学本身的迅速增长,它在整个历史学领域中,日益扮演着更加重要的角色,显示出更加蓬勃的生机,体现出更加独特的研究价值。于是讨论以科学史为研究对象的科学史学史,就具备了可能性和必要性。
As we all know, the history of history is to study and elaborate the history of history itself, which examines the accumulation of historical knowledge and historical evolution of the method of editing. History of science, however, as a complete and independent historical discipline, also has its own history of formation and development, so that the history of science can be called “history of the history of science” (history of the history of science) or (history of scientific history). The author proposes this concept based on the basic fact that with the arduous efforts of a large number of historians, scientists and historians of science over the past centuries, the history of science has been built into a relatively mature subject not only in the fields of history and science With the rapid growth of science itself, it has played a more and more important role in the field of history as a whole, showing a more vigorous vitality and showing more unique research value. So to discuss the history of science of science history of science, it has the possibility and necessity.