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为什么说数学并不属于自然科学的范畴?
在《费曼物理学讲义》里给出的解释如下:
第一章第一节第五段:
The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knoledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific "truth".
第三章第一节第一段:
Mathematics is not a science from our point of view, in the sense that it is not a natural science. The test of its vidality is not experiment.
说得很明白,数学的正确性并不是通过实验来检验的,这并不符合科学原理的定义,因而数学并不是自然科学。
最后补充说明一段:
We must, incidentally, make it clear from the beginning that if a thing is not a science, it is not necessarily bad. For example, love is not a science. So, if something is said not to be a science, it does not mean that there is something wrong with it; it just means that it is not a science. 同样出自费曼物理学奖以第三章第一节第一段。
这段话可以借用过来说中医:尽管中医不是科学,但这并不意味着它有什么不好。
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