实证方法的传入是实证哲学传入的先导。曾留学英国的严复最早把实证方法介绍到中国来 ,对于传统治学方法的变革起到了巨大的推动作用。他把伴随着西方近代实证科学而来的实证方法归结为两条 :一条是经验原则 ,另一条是逻辑原则。尽管严复受英国实证论者影响很大 ,但不能把他视为“中国第一个实证论者” The introduction of empirical methods is the introduction of positive philosophy. Yan Fu, who had studied in England, first introduced the empirical method to China and played a huge role in promoting the transformation of the traditional methods of scholarship. He boils down to two empirical approaches that followed modern Western empirical science: one is the principle of experience and the other is the logic principle. Although Yan Fu was greatly influenced by British positivists, he could not regard him as “China’s first positivist”