空间及其边界——从《利维坦与空气泵》看空间概念的科学实践哲学意义  

Space and Its Boundaries——On the Significance of Philosophy of Scientific Practices about Spatial Concept from Leviathan and the Air-Pump

作　　者：刘敏[1] LIU Min(Department of Philosophy and Science,Southeast University,Nanjing 211189,China)

机构地区：[1]东南大学人文学院哲学与科学系,南京211189

出　　处：《科学技术哲学研究》2024年第4期9-15,共7页Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology

基　　金：国家社会科学基金一般项目“科学知识的空间叙事研究”(20BZX035)。

摘　　要：从空间概念的角度重读《利维坦与空气泵》,旨在科学实践哲学视角下探究知识的空间属性。基于霍布斯与玻意耳之争这一著名科学史公案,探讨:实验实践在何种空间条件下生产所谓“可靠的知识”?实验室的物理空间和文化空间如何建构生产“事实”的基本条件?共同体有无空间边界?实验室的开放度与共同体空间边界有何关联?对以上问题的回答依赖于对“空间”概念及其边界的理解。文章从实验空间及其边界、事实的建构与共同体的空间边界、虚拟见证与知识的空间增衍、仪器的空间划分功能及其认识论价值角度厘析了空间对科学知识生成的影响,以揭示科学知识的空间属性,并呼吁科学史研究应增加空间敏感性意识。Analyzing Leviathan and the Air-Pump from spatial perspective,is to explore the spatial attributes of knowledge from the perspective of philosophy of scientific practices.Rereading Leviathan and the Air-Pump from the perspective of Space,many things should be argued,such as,under what spatial conditions does experimental practice produce so-called“reliable knowledge”?How does laboratory space generate“facts”?Does the community have boundaries?The answers to the above questions involve understanding the concept of“space”and its boundary.This paper discusses that the influence of intellectual space on knowledge structure from the perspectives of experimental space and its boundary,the construction of facts and the space boundary of the community,the way by which virtual witness promotes the growth of knowledge recognition space,the epistemological value of instruments.Furthermore,the paper suggest that we should pay attention to the spatial attributes of scientific knowledge and call for the study of history of science to increase the awareness of space sensitivity.

关 键 词：科学实践哲学 虚拟见证 智识空间 空间增衍 空间敏感性 

分 类 号：N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]