We philosophers of science have before us an important new task that we need urgently to take up. It is to convince the scientific community to adopt and implement a new philosophy of science that does better justice to the deeply problematic basic intellectual aims of science than that which we have at present. Problematic aims evolve with evolving knowledge, that part of philosophy of science concerned with aims and methods thus becoming an integral part of science itself. The outcome of putting this new philosophy into scientific practice would be a new kind of science, both more intellectually rigorous, and one that does better justice to the best interests of humanity.

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科学哲学的新任务

我们科学哲学家摆在我们面前的一项重要的新任务是我们迫切需要承担的。这是说服科学界采用和实施一种新的科学哲学，它比我们目前拥有的科学更能公正地解决存在严重问题的基本知识目标。有问题的目标随着知识的发展而演变，科学哲学中与目标和方法有关的部分因此成为科学本身的一个组成部分。将这种新哲学付诸科学实践的结果将是一门新的科学，既在智力上更加严谨，也更符合人类的最大利益。