人类宇宙观的演化

哲学家康德曾写道:“有两样东西,我们越是持久和深沉地思考着,就越有新奇和强烈的赞叹与敬畏充溢我们的心灵:这就是我们头顶的星空和我们内心的道德律。”这段极其诚挚的文字真实地道出了人类几千年的心声。星空宇宙的确是人类持久思索的神奇对象,宇宙论问题今天依然是科学和哲学密切关注的主题之一。在我国哲学界,对宇宙论的有关哲学问题特别是宇宙的有限无限问题深感兴趣,极为重视,经常展开热烈的争论。本文打算在宇宙学史和科学技术史的基础上,对宇宙演化问题作进一步探讨。

The Evolution of Human Being's Cosmic Outlook

Philosopher Kant once wrote: "There are two things,the more we think of which lastingly and deeply,the more novelty,admiration and reverence we feel in our heart: this is the sky above and the morals in our heart." By these plain and sincere words he uttered an aspiration that had haunted mankind for thousands of years.Indeed,the starry cosmos has always been a mysterious object of human being's meditation,and even today the cosmos-related questions remain as a major concern of science and philosophy.In China,the philosophical circles shows a great interest in some philosophical questions related to cosmology,especially about the finiteness and infiniteness of the universe,with some fierce debate being held constantly.This paper intends to make a further study of the evolution of the universe on the basis of the history of cosmology and science and technology.