从《经济史上的结构与变迁》到《理解经济变迁的过程》,诺斯是否更换了制度生发观的逻辑起点?为了回答这一疑问,文章首先回顾了现有制度生发观在哲学认识论上的根源,尝试厘清诺斯制度生发观的思想源泉。通过梳理诺斯前后期制度生发观的具体内涵,可以认为诺斯的制度生发观经历了从理性建构到认知演化的发展过程。诺斯的转变表明,研究内生制度变迁的关键在于认知演化和学习过程,或者说这是今后制度分析的重要方向。 From the “economic structure and change” to “understand the process of economic change,” North has replaced the logical starting point of the system of germinal view? To answer this question, the article first reviews the existing system of germinal view in philosophical epistemology Roots, trying to clarify the origin of the idea of ​​the birth of North system source. By examining the specific connotation of the germinal view of the pre-and-post Norse system, it can be considered that North’s system of germinal view has undergone a process of development from rational construction to cognitive evolution. North’s shift shows that the key to studying the evolution of endogenous institutions lies in cognitive evolution and learning process, or that this is an important direction for institutional analysis in the future.