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[摘要]
“两花之争”是国内科学界的一个热点事件,对于该事件可以从不同维度进行思考。实际上,“金银花”和“山银花”都是名称,它们在命名活动中获得了指称,并在历史中传播开来。随着科学技术的发展和进步,药典委对两花的认识经历了从范型到隐藏结构的转换。最新的实验表明金银花和山银花的隐藏结构并不相同,而隐藏结构是区分自然种类的标准。因而,药典委主动将两花分列,这一做法体现了一种实事求是的科学精神。
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[Abstract]
The “two flowers debates” is a hot issue. In fact, “honeysuckle” and “lonicera confuse” are two names. From the perspectiveof linguistic philosophy, they get their reference when they were named and spread throughSa Kripke’sShistoric-causalSchain. With the development of science and technology, Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee’s understanding of the two flowers transformed from the paradigm to the inner structure. As the inner structures of the two flowers were proved to be different by the newest scientificSexperiments and the inner structure determines the extension of a natural kind term, Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee changed the reference of two flowers. In this sense, the modification shows the scientific spirit of seeking truth from facts.
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本文为2013年度国家社会科学基金重点项目“科学实践哲学与地方性知识研究”(13AZD026),国家社科基金重大项目“中医文化核心价值体系及现代转型研究”(12ZD114)研究成果之一。