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关于“人的科学”的观念长期以来诱惑着西方的思想家们。自然科学的每一次突破都被用来佐证哲学已经被自然科学所取代。自然科学家们常常对哲学家和文学家们不能达成一致不厌其烦。他们把这种不一致与作为自然科学的经验性的信条的标志的共识和稳步前进进行不公平的比较。最近在对大脑功能的研究方面和进化论生物学领域都取得的一些研究成果,在这种意义上也被认作为对哲学的部分的取代。然而斯蒂夫·平克用这些自然科学信条解决政治和社会问题的企图并没有什么意义。对于政治和社会问题,平克和他的盟友们提供不了任何具体的、实用的建议。他们错误地认为我们需要关于人性的理论作为解决政治和社会问题的原理。但事实并非如此,政治和社会指针只能从对人类历史的研究而不是生物学的研究中产生。西方哲学史的精神在于关于人性的理论应被关于历史的研究所取代,关于非历史的人类本质的理论,不论是哲学的还是生物学的,都不值得我们认真对待。
The notion of “human science” has long enticed Western thinkers. Every breakthrough in the natural sciences has been used to corroborate that philosophy has been replaced by the natural sciences. Natural scientists often tire of philosophers and writers for failing to agree. They have made an unfair comparison of this inconsistency with the consensus and steady progress of the hallmarks of the empirical creed of the natural sciences. Some recent research achievements in the field of brain function and in evolutionary biology are also considered in this sense to replace the part of philosophy. However, it would not make any sense for Steve Pinkh to use his natural science credo to solve political and social problems. For political and social issues, Pink and his allies can not provide any concrete, practical advice. They mistakenly believe that we need the theory of human nature as the principle to solve political and social problems. However, this is not the case. The political and social indicators can only emerge from the study of human history rather than biology. The spirit of Western philosophy is that the theory of human nature should be replaced by a study of history. The theory of non-historical human nature, whether philosophical or biological, is not worthy of our serious consideration.