“我诚然是一个科学家,但是许多学科的科学家。我曾经在许多科学迷宫中探索,这些迷宫并未连成一体。我的抱负未能扩大到如此程度,使我的一生有连贯性。我扮演了许多不同角色,角色之间有时难免互相借用。但我对我所扮演的每一种角色都是尽了力的,从而是有信誉的,这也就足够了。”——1991年,西蒙在自传《我的生活模型》一书中如此自描尽管西蒙后期主要从事心理学和人工智能研究,但他的学术经历、他的研究方法、他的思想范围,远远不限于单一的心理学。在他那里,科学的分门别类不构成通行的障碍,反而是他前进的标志。他几乎把自然科学、社会科学、工程技术、甚至还有部分人文科学都融汇到了一起。在当代科学发展史上,西蒙是为数不多的那种不需要以学科来限定头衔的大科学家 “I’m a scientist but a scientist in many disciplines.I have explored many scientific mazes, and these mazes are not one. My ambition failed to expand to such an extent that my life was coherent. There are many different roles in play, and sometimes it’s hard to avoid borrowing each other, but it’s good for every role I play and thus reputable, which is enough. ” Simon is so self-describing in his autobiography “My Life Model.” Although Simon was mainly engaged in the study of psychology and artificial intelligence in his later years, his academic experience, his methods of research, and his scope of thought were far from being limited to a single psychology. In him, the division of science does not constitute an obstacle to passage, but a sign of his progress. He brings together almost all natural sciences, social sciences, engineering techniques, and even some humanities. In the history of contemporary science, Simon is one of the few big scientists who do not need to limit their titles to science