没人能否认中国古代有科学,但我们也应承认在中国古代(至鸦片战争止)没有产生类似西方的科学。其中一个原因就是中国古代没有发展出一种科学的思维方式。我们祖先的主导思维方式是类推。何为类推?《辞海》(1989年版)的解释是“依照某一事物道理推出同类其他事物道理”。北宋哲学家程 No one can deny that there was science in ancient China, but we should also admit that there was no Western-like science in ancient China (until the Opium War). One of the reasons is that ancient China did not develop a scientific way of thinking. The dominant way of thinking of our ancestors is analogy. What is analogy? The explanation of “Cihai” (1989 edition) is that “the same kind of other things are introduced according to the principle of one thing.” Northern Song philosopher Cheng