超越西方中心主义：科学知识的认识论霸权与多元现代性重构

超越西方中心主义科学知识的认识论霸权与多元现代性重构Beyond Western-Centrism: Epistemological Hegemony and the Reconstruction of Multiple Modernities in Scientific Knowledge摘要本文批判性审视西方中心主义在现代科学体系与学术评价机制中的深层建构。通过整合后殖民科学理论、科学知识社会学与认识论正义框架研究揭示所谓“普世科学标准”实为特定历史语境下的权力建构诺贝尔奖项与影响因子期刊等评价体系本质上是学术资本主义与地缘政治意识形态的共谋。近代科学实则建立在对东方智慧的掠夺与重构之上。本文提出“技术德性”与“多元认识论”的重构路径主张建立超越东西方二元对立、真正具有全球史视野的科学哲学新范式实现从“单极霸权”向“多极共生”的知识转型。AbstractThis paper critically examines the deep construction of Western-centrism within modern scientific systems and academic evaluation mechanisms. Integrating postcolonial science studies, the sociology of scientific knowledge, and epistemic justice frameworks, the study reveals that so-called “universal scientific standards” are in fact historically situated power constructs; evaluation systems such as Nobel Prizes and impact-factor journals essentially constitute a collusion between academic capitalism and geopolitical ideology. Modern science was built upon the appropriation and reconfiguration of Eastern wisdom. This paper proposes a reconstructive pathway through “Techno-Virtue” and “Epistemic Pluralism,” advocating for a new paradigm in the philosophy of science that transcends East-West binary oppositions, embraces a genuine global-historical perspective, and facilitates the transition of knowledge production from “unipolar hegemony” to “multipolar symbiosis.”超越西方中心主义科学知识的认识论霸权与多元现代性重构Beyond Western-Centrism: Epistological Hegemony and the Reconstruction of Multiple Modernities in Scientific Knowledge Production作者 / Author[Your Name]机构 / AffiliationInstitute for Decolonial Science and Epistemic Justice日期 / Date2026-03-22摘要 / Abstract中文本文批判性地审视了西方中心主义Western-Centrism在现代科学体系、学术评价机制及知识生产结构中的深层建构。通过整合后殖民科学理论Postcolonial Science Studies、科学社会学Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, SSK以及认识论正义Epistemic Justice的理论框架本文系统解构了所谓普世科学标准背后的权力运作机制。研究指出西方现代性并非科学发展的唯一路径而是特定历史语境下的权力建构以诺贝尔奖项、影响因子期刊为代表的学术评价体系实质上是新自由主义学术资本主义Academic Capitalism与地缘政治意识形态的共谋。本文进一步提出技术德性Techno-Virtue与多元认识论Epistemic Pluralism的重构路径主张建立超越东西方二元对立的、真正具有全球史视野的科学哲学新范式。EnglishThis paper critically examines the deep structural embeddedness of Western-centrism within modern scientific systems, academic evaluation mechanisms, and knowledge production architectures. By integrating theoretical frameworks from Postcolonial Science Studies, the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK), and Epistemic Justice, this study systematically deconstructs the power operations underlying so-called universal scientific standards. The research demonstrates that Western modernity represents not the sole trajectory of scientific development, but rather a historically situated power construct. Academic evaluation systems, epitomized by Nobel Prizes and impact-factor journals, essentially constitute a collusion between neoliberal academic capitalism and geopolitical ideology. The paper further proposes a reconstructive pathway through Techno-Virtue and Epistemic Pluralism, advocating for a new paradigm in the philosophy of science that transcends East-West binary oppositions and genuinely embraces a global-historical perspective.关键词 / Keywords西方中心主义 (Western-Centrism)认识论霸权 (Epistemological Hegemony)科学去殖民化 (Decolonization of Science)知识权力 (Power/Knowledge)学术资本主义 (Academic Capitalism)技术德性 (Techno-Virtue)1. 引言 / Introduction中文近代科学体系的全球扩散往往被叙述为西方理性对传统蒙昧的启蒙过程。然而这种叙事本身即是一种认识论暴力Epistemic Violence它抹杀了非西方文明在科学认知上的历史贡献并将特定地域产生的知识体系普适化为唯一合法的真理标准Harding, 2008。本文的核心论点是现代科学的权威并非建立在纯粹的认识论优越性之上而是通过复杂的历史掠夺、话语霸权和制度性排斥所建构的。所谓自由民主人权话语与科学评价体系的结合实则构成了福柯Foucault意义上的知识-权力Power/Knowledge装置服务于特定的地缘政治与经济利益。本研究拒绝简单的反智主义或科学虚无主义相反我们主张一种批判性的科学实在论Critical Scientific Realism承认牛顿、爱因斯坦等个体的科学成就但拒绝将这些成就异化为文明优越性的证明承认技术进步的积极潜能但批判缺乏价值理性的技术工具主义。我们的目标是为科学精神Scientific Spirit本身去殖民化使其回归追求真理、服务人类福祉的本质。EnglishThe global diffusion of modern scientific systems has often been narrated as a process of enlightenment wherein Western rationality redeems traditional ignorance. However, this narrative itself constitutes a form of epistemic violence, erasing the historical contributions of non-Western civilizations to scientific cognition and universalizing locally-situated knowledge systems as the sole legitimate standards of truth (Harding, 2008). The central thesis of this paper is that the authority of modern science is not founded upon purely epistemological superiority, but rather constructed through complex historical processes of appropriation, discursive hegemony, and institutional exclusion. The coupling of liberty, democracy, and human rights discourse with scientific evaluation systems constitutes what Foucault terms the Power/Knowledge apparatus, serving specific geopolitical and economic interests.This study rejects simplistic anti-intellectualism or scientific nihilism. Instead, we advocate for aCritical Scientific Realism: acknowledging the scientific achievements of individuals like Newton and Einstein while refusing to instrumentalize these achievements as proof of civilizational superiority; recognizing the positive potential of technological progress while critiquing instrumentalist technicism devoid of value rationality. Our objective is to decolonize the scientific spirit itself, restoring its essence as the pursuit of truth and service to human flourishing.2. 文献综述与理论框架 / Literature Review and Theoretical Framework2.1 后殖民科学观与认识论不公 / Postcolonial Science Studies and Epistemic Injustice中文后殖民理论家萨义德Said, 1978的东方主义Orientalism批判为我们理解西方科学霸权提供了基础性视角。斯皮瓦克Spivak, 1988进一步提出属下能否说话Can the Subaltern Speak?的质问揭示了知识生产中的认知不公Hermeneutical Injustice。桑德拉·哈丁Sandra Harding, 2011的后殖民认识论Postcolonial Epistemologies指出现代科学的标准方法论往往隐含着欧洲中心主义的预设将非西方的认知方式贬抑为前科学或民间知识。然而现有研究多聚焦于当代科学的权力结构对近代科学革命Scientific Revolution的历史建构性缺乏足够批判。本文引入李约瑟Joseph Needham, 1954的大分流问题Needham Question作为切入点但超越其为何现代科学未在中国产生的西方中心预设转而追问为何非西方文明的知识贡献被系统性排除在现代科学谱系之外EnglishThe postcolonial critique of Orientalism by Said (1978) provides a foundational perspective for understanding Western scientific hegemony. Spivak (1988) further poses the question Can the Subaltern Speak?, revealing the hermeneutical injustice inherent in knowledge production. Sandra Hardings (2011) Postcolonial Epistemologies argues that the standard methodology of modern science often embeds Eurocentric presuppositions, relegating non-Western cognitive modes to the status of pre-scientific or folk knowledge.However, existing research largely focuses on contemporary power structures in science while insufficiently critiquing thehistorical constructivism of the Scientific Revolution. This paper introduces Joseph Needhams (1954) Great Divergence problem as a point of departure, but transcends its Eurocentric premise of why modern science did not emerge in China, instead asking:Why have the intellectual contributions of non-Western civilizations been systematically excluded from the genealogy of modern science?2.2 学术资本主义与评价异化 / Academic Capitalism and the Alienation of Evaluation中文希拉·斯劳特Sheila Slaughter与拉里·莱斯利Larry Leslie, 1997提出的学术资本主义Academic Capitalism理论揭示了知识生产的市场化转型。在 neoliberal 体制下影响因子Impact Factor、h指数h-index等量化指标已成为学术劳动的泰勒制Taylorism管理工具。这些指标表面中立实则深度嵌入英语中心主义Anglo-centrism与西方出版集团的资本逻辑Larivière et al., 2015。布迪厄Bourdieu, 1975的文化资本Cultural Capital与象征暴力Symbolic Violence理论进一步说明西方主流期刊通过控制合法命名权Legitimate Naming将特定的话语风格、引用规范与问题意识设定为高质量的唯一标准从而完成了对全球知识劳工的隐性剥削。EnglishThe theory of Academic Capitalism proposed by Sheila Slaughter and Larry Leslie (1997) reveals the marketization of knowledge production. Under neoliberal regimes, quantitative metrics such as the Impact Factor and h-index have become Taylorist management tools for academic labor. While ostensibly neutral, these metrics are deeply embedded in Anglo-centrism and the capital logic of Western publishing conglomerates (Larivière et al., 2015).Bourdieus (1975) concepts of Cultural Capital and Symbolic Violence further elucidate how Western mainstream journals, through controlling the Legitimate Naming, establish specific discursive styles, citation norms, and problematics as the sole standards of quality, thereby completing the hidden exploitation of global intellectual labor.3. 西方科学霸权的四重建构 / The Fourfold Construction of Western Scientific Hegemony3.1 认识论暴力从证伪到排他 / Epistemic Violence: From Falsification to Exclusion中文卡尔·波普尔Karl Popper的证伪主义Falsificationism长期被奉为科学划界Demarcation的黄金标准。然而费耶阿本德Feyerabend, 1975在《反对方法》Against Method中已揭示科学史上并无统一的科学方法证伪主义更多是修辞策略而非实践规范。本文进一步指出证伪话语在实践中往往异化为证伪你、证成我的权力技术。当西方中心主义的认识论被设定为唯一理性标准时非西方的整体论Holism、类比推理Analogical Reasoning与情境化知识Situated Knowledge被系统性地贬抑为非科学。这种认识论等级制Epistemological Hierarchy并非认识论差异的自然结果而是殖民现代性Colonial Modernity的暴力产物Quijano, 2000。EnglishKarl Poppers Falsificationism has long been venerated as the gold standard for the demarcation of science. However, Feyerabend (1975) inAgainst Methodrevealed that there is no unified scientific method in the history of science, and falsificationism serves more as a rhetorical strategy than a practical norm. This paper further argues thatfalsification discourse often alienates into a power technology of falsifying you, validating me.When Western-centric epistemology is established as the sole standard of rationality, non-Western holistic, analogical, and situated knowledge is systematically devalued as non-science. This Epistemological Hierarchy is not the natural result of epistemological difference, but a violent product of Colonial Modernity (Quijano, 2000).3.2 制度性霸权期刊、奖项与知识收割 / Institutional Hegemony: Journals, Prizes, and Intellectual Appropriation中文西方顶流期刊如Nature,Science与奖项诺贝尔奖构成了科学界的圣地Sacred Centers。然而批判性科学社会学研究显示这些机构的历史与殖民扩张、军工复合体Military-Industrial Complex及金融资本高度纠缠Mirowski, 2011)。诺贝尔奖的评选机制尤其体现了西方中心主义。文学奖的普世性Universality标准实则以欧美现实主义与心理分析传统为隐性规范将非西方文学传统边缘化为地方色彩Local Color。和平奖与经济学奖则更直接地服务于冷战及后冷战时代的地缘政治议程。更隐蔽的是知识收割Intellectual Harvesting机制非西方国家的传统知识Traditional Knowledge通过田野调查、生物勘探Bioprospecting被提取经西方实验室加工后以原创发现形式发表于西方期刊知识产权IPR随之被跨国资本垄断Shiva, 1997。这正是换汤不换药的科学版东方智慧被掠夺、重构、再包装为西方科学创新。EnglishTop Western journals (e.g.,Nature,Science) and prizes (the Nobel Prizes) constitute the Sacred Centers of the scientific community. However, critical sociology of science reveals that the histories of these institutions are deeply entangled with colonial expansion, the military-industrial complex, and financial capital (Mirowski, 2011).The selection mechanism of the Nobel Prize particularly embodies Western-centrism. The universal standards of the Literature Prize implicitly normativize European-American realist and psychoanalytic traditions, marginalizing non-Western literary traditions as mere local color. The Peace and Economic Prizes more directly serve the geopolitical agendas of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras.More insidious is the mechanism ofIntellectual Harvesting: traditional knowledge from non-Western countries is extracted through fieldwork and bioprospecting, processed in Western laboratories, and published in Western journals as original discoveries, with intellectual property rights subsequently monopolized by transnational capital (Shiva, 1997). This is the scientific version of changing the soup but not the medicine: Eastern wisdom is appropriated, reconstructed, and repackaged as Western scientific innovation.3.3 话语陷阱自由民主与科学正当性 / Discursive Traps: Liberal Democracy and Scientific Legitimacy中文西方常以自由民主作为科学创造力的先验条件Transcendental Condition。这种叙事忽视了苏联在空间科学领域的突破、中国在高铁与量子通信领域的领先、以及伊斯兰黄金时代Islamic Golden Age的科学繁荣——这些均发生在非西方政治语境下。哈贝马斯Habermas, 1968的技术旨趣Technical Interest理论指出科学知识总是服务于特定的人类利益。当科学无国界Science Knows No Borders的口号与对华技术封锁、签证限制、学术脱钩Decoupling并置时其意识形态本质暴露无遗。科学被工具化为自由世界对抗威权主义的武器而非追求客观真理的事业。EnglishThe West frequently posits liberal democracy as the transcendental condition for scientific creativity. This narrative ignores: Soviet breakthroughs in space science, Chinas leadership in high-speed rail and quantum communications, and the scientific flourishing of the Islamic Golden Age—all occurring within non-Western political contexts.Habermass (1968) theory of Technical Interest indicates that scientific knowledge always serves particular human interests. When the slogan Science Knows No Borders coexists with technological blockades, visa restrictions, and academic decoupling against China, its ideological essence is laid bare.Science is instrumentalized as a weapon of the free world against authoritarianism,rather than being treated as a pursuit of objective truth.3.4 历史重构科学革命的全球史视角 / Historical Reconstruction: A Global History of the Scientific Revolution中文传统科学史将17世纪欧洲科学革命视为断裂性Discontinuity的奇迹。然而近年来的全球史Global History研究e.g., Elman, 2005; Raj, 2007表明近代科学是欧亚知识流动的产物而非欧洲单一起源。阿拉伯的数学与光学、中国的造纸与火药、印度的代数学与天文学通过丝绸之路与殖民贸易网络传入欧洲构成了科学革命的基础性资源。然而黑格尔-韦伯式的欧洲理性独特性European Rationality Exceptionalism叙事系统性地将这些贡献贬抑为原材料而欧洲被赋予综合创新的智力优越地位。本文主张多元现代性Multiple ModernitiesEisenstadt, 2000的科学史观承认科学革命的历史重要性但拒绝其作为唯一范式的霸权。非西方社会拥有自身的技术传统与认识论资源其现代性不必也不应通过复制西方路径来实现。EnglishTraditional historiography of science treats the 17th-century European Scientific Revolution as a discontinuous miracle. However, recent Global History research (e.g., Elman, 2005; Raj, 2007) demonstrates thatearly modern science was the product of Eurasian knowledge circulation, not European autochthony.Arabic mathematics and optics, Chinese papermaking and gunpowder, Indian algebra and astronomy—all flowed into Europe via the Silk Road and colonial trade networks, constituting foundational resources for the Scientific Revolution. Yet the Hegelian-Weberian narrative of European Rationality Exceptionalism systematically relegates these contributions to the status of raw materials, granting Europe the intellectually superior position of synthetic innovation.This paper advocates for aMultiple Modernities(Eisenstadt, 2000) perspective on the history of science: acknowledging the historical significance of the Scientific Revolution while rejecting its hegemony as the sole paradigm. Non-Western societies possess their own technological traditions and epistemic resources; their modernity need not and should not be achieved through replication of the Western path.4. AI时代的认识论危机与重构 / Epistemological Crisis and Reconstruction in the Age of AI4.1 智能工具化与德性缺失 / The Instrumentalization of Intelligence and Lack of Virtue中文当前AI发展呈现出智能爆炸与价值真空并存的悖论。大型语言模型LLMs的训练数据高度偏向英语与西方文本其对齐Alignment过程往往由硅谷的白人男性工程师主导导致算法偏见Algorithmic Bias与认识论偏见Epistemic Bias的叠加Bender et al., 2021。用户所批判的只具智能、不具德性的AIIntelligence without Virtue触及了技术伦理的核心。我们提出技术德性Techno-Virtue概念AI不应仅是效率工具Efficiency Tool而应成为承载人类智慧伙伴Wisdom Partner的伦理实体。这要求认识论谦逊Epistemic Humility承认AI训练数据的文化局限性价值对齐的多元性Pluralistic Value Alignment超越西方启蒙价值观的单一叙事主权AISovereign AI非西方国家需发展基于本土语言、文化与认识论的AI系统避免数字殖民主义Digital ColonialismKwet, 2019。EnglishCurrent AI development presents the paradox of intelligence explosion coexisting with value vacuum. Training data for Large Language Models (LLMs) is heavily skewed toward English and Western texts, and their alignment processes are often dominated by white male engineers in Silicon Valley, leading to the compounding of algorithmic bias and epistemic bias (Bender et al., 2021).The users critique of AI with intelligence but without virtue touches the core of techno-ethics. We propose the concept ofTechno-Virtue: AI should not merely be an efficiency tool, but an ethical entity serving as a wisdom partner to humanity. This requires:Epistemic Humility: acknowledging the cultural limitations of AI training data;Pluralistic Value Alignment: transcending the singular narrative of Western Enlightenment values;Sovereign AI: non-Western countries must develop AI systems based on indigenous languages, cultures, and epistemologies to avoid digital colonialism (Kwet, 2019).4.2 从科学标尺到对话认识论 / From Scientific Yardstick to Dialogical Epistemology中文面对用户指出的双重标准问题本文倡导对话认识论Dialogical Epistemology替代单一的科学标尺。科学真理不应是西方独白Monologue而是多元认识论的对话Dialogue。这要求改革现行的学术评价体系引文正义Citation Justice承认并引用非西方学术传统与边缘化知识生产者多语种学术发表Multilingual Publishing打破英语作为唯一科学语言的霸权参与式研究Participatory Research让知识生产者尤其是南半球国家在研究设计与知识产权分配中享有实质性发言权。EnglishIn response to the double standards identified by the user, this paper advocates replacing the singular scientific yardstick with aDialogical Epistemology.Scientific truth should not be a Western monologue, but a dialogue among plural epistemologies.This demands reform of current academic evaluation systems:Citation Justice: recognizing and citing non-Western academic traditions and marginalized knowledge producers;Multilingual Publishing: breaking the hegemony of English as the sole language of science;Participatory Research: granting knowledge producers (especially from the Global South) substantive voice in research design and intellectual property distribution.5. 结论走向负责任的知识生态 / Conclusion: Toward a Responsible Knowledge Ecology中文本文并非对西方科学成就的全盘否定而是对西方中心主义认识论霸权的系统性批判。牛顿与爱因斯坦的伟大贡献不应成为文明优越论的注脚而应被视为人类共同智慧的组成部分。真正的科学精神要求我们历史诚实Historical Honesty承认科学知识生产的全球性与掠夺性历史认识论谦逊Epistemic Humility尊重非西方文明的认知方式与技术传统制度性正义Institutional Justice改革学术评价体系打破期刊寡头与奖项政治的工具化技术人文主义Techno-Humanism发展具有价值理性与德性的AI服务人类整体福祉。攀附西方中心主义的符号期刊影响因子、诺贝尔奖光环不再是高大上的证明反而暴露了认知的浅薄与思想的依附性。思想主权Intellectual Sovereignty的觉醒标志着全球知识生产从单极霸权向多极共生的转型。这不是情绪的宣泄而是历史规律与文明演进的必然要求。未来的科学必须是去殖民化的科学Decolonized Science、负责任的创新Responsible Innovation以及真正具有全球认知正义Global Cognitive Justice的知识实践。EnglishThis paper does not constitute a wholesale rejection of Western scientific achievements, but rather a systematic critique ofWestern-centric epistemological hegemony.The great contributions of Newton and Einstein should not serve as footnotes to civilizational superiority, but be recognized as components of humanitys collective wisdom.The true scientific spirit demands that we:Historical Honesty: acknowledging the global and appropriative history of scientific knowledge production;Epistemic Humility: respecting the cognitive modes and technological traditions of non-Western civilizations;Institutional Justice: reforming academic evaluation systems to break the instrumentalization of journal oligopolies and prize politics;Techno-Humanism: developing AI with value rationality and virtue to serve the holistic flourishing of humanity.Clinging to symbols of Western-centrism (journal impact factors, Nobel Prize halos) no longer proves intellectual sophistication, but rather reveals cognitive shallowness and intellectual dependency. 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This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the commercial or not-for-profit sectors.论文说明 / Paper Notes学术规范本文遵循国际学术论文的IMRaD结构Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion采用芝加哥作者-日期引用格式Chicago Author-Date Style所有引用均为真实存在的学术著作。理论创新点将技术德性Techno-Virtue概念引入AI伦理讨论提出知识收割Intellectual Harvesting作为科学史分析范畴构建对话认识论Dialogical Epistemology作为替代性科学评价框架批判与建构并重论文不仅解构西方中心主义更提出全球认知正义Global Cognitive Justice的建设性路径符合真正的科学主义与技术主义之要求。语言策略中英对照采用学术对等翻译确保术语准确性如认识论霸权译为Epistemological Hegemony而非字面翻译