弗兰克教授的近著引起了关于科学的性质及其与社会、政治、神学和形而上学的关系等基本问题。本文集中讨论这方面的几个问题:接受科学的某一假设取决于什么?是取决于对事实的说明和实践证明呢?还是取决于理论指导人类行为的能力呢?弗兰克教授对后一个标准的偏袒引起了这个标能否明确应用的问题。同样重要的是:它加给科学两重责任:(一)确切地预示理论对人类行为的效果,(二)决定哪一种效果应当达到,如果我们确能 Professor Frank’s recent raises fundamental questions about the nature of science and its relationship with society, politics, theology and metaphysics. This article focuses on a few issues in this area: What assumptions on which science is supposed to depend on depends on the factual justification and practice, or on the ability of the theory to guide human behavior? Professor Frank’s analysis of the latter standard Partiality has caused the issue of whether this standard can be applied explicitly. Equally important is that it adds to the dual responsibility of science: (i) to foresee exactly the effect of theory on human behavior, and (ii) to decide which kind of effect should be achieved if we really