Weinberg's Idea Of Reductionism And It's Belief Base

Steven Weinberg is a famous American scientist, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979 owing to his great achievements in science field. Meanwhile, he has been very successful in the filed of Philosophy of Science. He is also famous for his Idea of Reductionism and firmly guarding the Idea of Reductionism. This paper aims at his Idea of Reductionism, combed and generalized his comprehension about this Idea and his reductionism pattern, analyzed Weinberg' s scientific belief under his Idea of Reductionism. On this base, the paper introduced his dream of Final Theory, analyzed Weinberg' s theoretical and practical plight which his Idea of Reductionism and Final Theory confronted. At last, it summarized his Idea of Reductionism and Final Theory: directed by scientific belief, Weinberg' s defense for his Reductionism and his pursuit of Final Theory, mainly arised from his approaching to the nature in his heart and the loyalty and thirst for comprehending the nature. Under such conditions that the Complexity is pervasive and the Reductionism is gradually declining, comprehending Weinberg' s Idea of Reductionism and Final Theory is of very theoretical and realistic significance for us to comprehend Weinberg' s Idea of Science, his view of nature, and illuminate Reductionism' s value and status in modern science.