哲学家皮尔士开创的科学经济学  

The Economics of Science Pioneered By the Philosopher Peirce

作　　者：肖卫国[1] 

机构地区：[1]南京大学哲学系,南京210093

出　　处：《科学技术哲学研究》2009年第5期45-49,共5页Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology

摘　　要：一百三十年前,皮尔士用后来被称为新古典经济学的方法,探讨了科研活动的成本与收益,证明了科学活动无需绝对可靠的基础,只需权衡成本与收益,便可以有效地为知识的大厦添砖加瓦。皮尔士的工作被埋没了一个世纪之久,直至科学的非哲学研究开始兴盛之时才被科学哲学家重新发现。今天的人们也许会质疑皮尔士关于知识累积的观点,却不会在尊之为科学经济学的哲学先驱时有多少异议。130 years ago, Charles Sanders Peirce explored with a method, called nowadays Neoclassical economics, the cost -benefit of scientific researches, showing that without any absolute sound foundation, scientific activities with a cost - benefit balance would efficiently add reliable knowledge to the truth. However, Peirce＇ s economy of research was not noticed by philosophers until a century later when philosophy of science touched at least one of its peaks. People nowadays may question Peirce＇ s position of accumulated knowledge while they would agree that Peirce is the oioneering philosopher of economics of science, an emerging discipline in the field of science studies.

关 键 词：皮尔士 科学经济学 研究经济学 风险与收益 边际 

分 类 号：N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]