生产力范畴的讨论,是我国哲学论坛上引人注目的论题之一。长期以来,这一讨论被限于什么是组成生产力的要素的问题上,其中主要是关于劳动对象是否应该包括在生产力要素之中。由此便产生了“两要素”说和“三要素”说之争。近来,对于两种“要素”说的论争,已有人提出异议,但从总的讨论情况看,基本上还是局限于“要素”说的范围。在我们看来,问题的焦点不在于肯定那一种要素说正确,也不在于论证哪一种要素说有更多的真理性,而是要研究整个的“要素”说是否真有道理。我国的实践证明, The discussion of the category of productivity is one of the most dramatic topics in our country’s philosophy forum. For a long time, this discussion has been limited to the issue of what constitutes an element of productivity, which is mainly about whether the object of labor should be included in the factor of productivity. As a result, there has been a dispute over the theory of “two elements” and the “three elements”. Recently, people have raised objections to the controversy over the two “elements”, but judging from the general discussion, they are basically confined to the scope of the “element” theory. From our point of view, the issue is not focused on affirming that one element is correct, nor on what element to say to have more truth, but to study whether the whole “element” theory makes any sense. Our country’s practice has proved that,