研究我国青少年犯罪原因(以下简称原因论)的同志,恐怕都有一个共同的愿望:深入下去。如何把原因论引向深入呢?我想,概括地说无非要在两个方面下功夫:一是进一步占有材料,一是进一步提高思维能力。对于后者,狄慈根有一句话:“科学中总表现出思维能力的作用”(《狄慈根哲学著作选集》第31页)。那么,在原因论中如何发挥“思维能力的作用”呢?换句话说,用什么样的理论观点和思想方法去指导下一步的研究呢?这本身就是个大题目。我只能就这个题目,谈以下两点不成熟的看法,就教于同行们。 Comrades who study the causes of juvenile delinquency in China (hereinafter referred to as causation theory) may all have one common desire: go deeper. How to lead the theory of the cause in-depth? I think, in a nutshell, we must work hard in two aspects: First, to further possession of materials, one is to further improve the thinking ability. For the latter, Di Cigen has one sentence: “the role of thinking skills in science always shows” (“Di Cigen philosophy anthology” page 31). So, how to play “the role of thinking ability” in the theory of reason? In other words, what kind of theoretical view and method of thinking should be used to guide the next research? This is a big issue in itself. I can only talk about the following two premature views on this subject and teach them to colleagues.