After a brief review of the relationship between science and value, this paper introduces the value of ‘traditionality’ as a value in the pure and applied sciences. Along with other recognized values, this value can also contribute to formulating hypotheses and determining theories. There are three reasons for legitimizing the internal role of this value in science: first, this value can contribute to scientific progress by presenting more diverse hypotheses; second, the value of external consistency in science entails this value; and third, this value helps to eliminate some of the adverse social and cultural effects of Western science in non-Western societies. ‘Traditionality’ is an extrinsic epistemic value, according to the first two reasons, and at the same time, is an ethical value, according to the last reason. Also, the ethics of belief is adopted to further confirm the ethical role of this value. Finally, this paper discusses three potential criticisms that can be levelled against this idea and responds to each of them.

在简要回顾了科学与价值之间的关系之后，本文介绍了“传统”作为价值在纯科学和应用科学中的价值。与其他公认的价值观一起，该价值观也有助于制定假设和确定理论。将这一价值在科学中的内在作用合法化的原因有以下三个：第一，这一价值可以通过提出更多样化的假设来促进科学进步；第二，科学中外在一致性的价值包含了这个价值；第三，这种价值有助于消除西方科学对非西方社会的一些不利的社会和文化影响。根据前两个原因，“传统”是一种外在的认知价值，同时，根据最后一个原因，它是一种伦理价值。还有，通过信仰伦理，进一步确认了这一价值的伦理作用。最后，本文讨论了可以针对这一想法提出的三种潜在批评，并对其中的每一种做出回应。