论多元主义对哲学社会科学研究方法的拓展

哲学社会科学研究方法不是屠龙术,它必须与其研究对象相伴而行,适时而作.哲学社会科学的研究对象极其宽泛,涵盖了人和社会以及宇宙万物.研究对象的多样性决定了研究方法的多元性.所谓多元主义,是美国当代哲学家法伊尔阿本德首先提出来的一种科学方法论.其核心理论就是"怎么都行",也称为"反规则".他的多元主义虽然在理论上有失偏颇,但却为哲学社会科学研究方法的创新打开了广阔的新天地.我们应当对他那"怎么都行"的主张进行改造,即知道什么方法对什么问题能行,就选择什么方法.

What Development Pluralism Made on the Research Methods of Philosophy and Social Science

The study methods of philosophy and social science need to keep abreast with their objects.The range of the philosophy and social science study objects are very abroad,which cover human and society as well as the whole universe.The diversity of the study objects determines the diversity of research methods.Pluralism is a scientific methodology first been put forward by Feyerabend.The core theory is anything goes or anti-rule.Although his pluralism is biased in theory,it opened a vast new world for the study...