Pragmatism, Realism and Hermeneutics

This paper explores themethodological consequences of AmericanPragmatism for the social sciences. It alsocriticises some rival perspectives onmethodology of social research, in particularfalsificationist, realist and someanti-naturalist views. It is argued thatAmerican Pragmatism shows striking affinitieswith the genealogical method of history and thereflexive turn in cultural anthropology. It isalso argued that Pragmatism forces us to thinkdifferently about the relationship betweentheory and empirical research.     

皖江经济带科技进步初探

本文应用余值法及生产函数法对皖江经济带城市工业科技进步水平作 了测算，定量刻划了该区域工业科技进步水平的现状，并提出进一步提高经济发展中的科技含量的政策建议。     

中国科技园区域创新能力的智能评价

对中国科技园区域创新能力的评价体系进行了阐述。在现有评价指标体系的基础上，结合人工智能的最新研究成果，针对目前中国科技园区域创新能力评价方法存在的不足，提出了基于数据描述的智能评价方法，并将其应用到中国科技园区域创新能力的评价中，取得了较为理想的效果。     

Saving the Strong Programme? A critique of David Bloor’s recent work

This article critically appraises David Bloor’s recent attempts to refute criticisms levelled at the Strong Programme’s social constructionist approach to scientific knowledge. Bloor has tried to argue, contrary to some critics, that the Strong Programme is not idealist in character, and it does not involve a challenge to the credibility of scientific knowledge. I argue that Bloor’s attempt to deflect the charge of idealism, which calls on the self-referential theory of social institutions, is partially successful. However, I suggest that although the Strong Programme should not be accused of ‘strong idealism’, it is still vulnerable to the criticism that it entails a form of ‘weak idealism’. The article moves on to argue that, contrary to Bloor, constructionist approaches do challenge the credibility of the scientific knowledge that they analyse. I conclude the article by arguing that sociological analyses of scientific knowledge can be conducted without the weak idealism and the credibility-challenging assumptions of the Strong Programme approach.     

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Versus Outsourcing—Critical Perspectives

This article presents a case example involving the renaming of an organizational change process from BPR to outsourcing. The paper discusses the important ramifications of such a name change in that the recognition of outsourcing allowed an organizational commitment to counseling and termination advice. The paper discusses two ways of looking at the name change, one from a critical theory perspective and one from a realist perspective. It demonstrates how theory can provide useful yet markedly different interpretations of such organizational events. Critical theory operates from within what can be termed the transitive epistemological dimension, whereas critical realism tends to emphasize the importance of ontological issues. Each has important things to say about the situation and improves our understanding overall.     

经典遗传学为什么崛起于美国?——评美、德的不同社会环境对遗传学的影响

本文对经典遗传学产生的社会和历史渊源作出了社会学的和思想的考察,并加以深入的分析。     

西欧中世纪时期理性主义的复兴

西欧中世纪理性主义，历经唯名论与唯实论之争和理性与信仰之争和16世纪宗教改革运动，最终实现了自身意识主体的回归，为西欧近代思想意识自由发展揭开了序幕。     

运用科学方法 深化理科教改

通过对现代基础理论与实际问题应用关系的分析,提出了以科学方法论为主线,以开展数学建模教学为具体形式进行理论联系实际的教学改革设想。     

量子宇宙学的发展及影响

半个世纪以来，人们普遍接受了建立在广义相对论基础上的大爆炸学说，后来又确立了大爆炸早期的暴涨阶段，对于在这个标准模型中存在的疑难，人们试图从宇宙的创生期，应运量子理论来找出答案，文章尝试着从这个探索过程中，理清量子宇宙学的形成、内涵及影响，并期望能为以后的研究理清一个思路。