The word “science” originated from the Middle Ages Latin “Scientia”, which originally meant “learning” and “knowledge”. But science has not yet been recognized as the world. Some people even think that definition of science is not beneficial, and it is also the definition of science.It is impossible. Bellner, a well -known British scientist, pointed out: “Science has indeed changed its nature in all human history, so that it is impossible for the next suitable definition.””One”.
Generally speaking, science is the knowledge of human understanding of the objective world, but not any knowledge about the objective world is science. In 1888, Darwin had a definition of science: “Science is to sort out the facts, discover the laws from it, make conclusions, conclusions,”The definition of Darwin pointed out the connotation of science, that is, facts and laws. Science must discover the unknown facts of people, and based on this, seeking truth from facts, not the innocence of pure thinking that is separated from reality. As for the law, it refers to objective objectiveThe essence of the essence between things is inevitable. Therefore, science is based on practice, and after practical testing and strict logical demonstration, the knowledge system on the nature of various things and the laws of motion of the world.
Science includes natural sciences, social sciences, and thinking science. Natural science is science. Social science is scientific. Social science is science.Door science, it is the doctrine of the world view; it is the summary and summary of natural science and social science knowledge; it is also the most general law of nature, society and thinking.
Science is a special social and historical phenomenon. At different historical stages of its development, there is no trafficking nature and characteristics. Since the 20th century, due to the rapid development of science and the increasing scale of scientific research, modern science is not just a single knowledge systemAt the same time, it is also a social activity, that is, social activities of production knowledge. This special form of social production has gradually developed into a national scale and multinational scale, making the “science is an formation”.Therefore, we should not understand science as a knowledge itself, nor can we be regarded as a single social activity. Former Soviet Science Lackkov believes: “Science is an objective and realistic dynamic system about the essence of reality. These objectivesThe real knowledge is obtained and developed due to special social activities, and it is transformed into a direct practical force of society because of its application. “Science is not only the product of the general process of historical development, but also a huge driving force for human historical progress.
