Research On The Main Philosophical Issues In The Dispute Between Science And Metaphysics

"The Dispute between Science and Metaphysics" is a significant, far-reaching academic dispute in the history of Chinese academic thought. It's a dispute of thought on which is right, scientism or humanism, and which system we should select, Eastern traditional value system or Western mainstream value system. The argument consists of three mainly schools: scientific school which held "the omnipotence of science", the metaphysical materialism school holding the idea of "libertarianism" and the Historical Material School who believe historical materialism. The Scientology believes in science, upholds Empiricism epistemology, and thinks that the way of science could explain the relevance between matter and spirit, and then explain the question among the specific contents of the two. Metaphysical faction ignores that there are scientific laws to follow on psychological emotion. They uphold the epistemology combining the sensory experience and the rational thinking, deeming that subjective is the core of outlook on life. The Historical Material School proposes "material determinism", and attributes the form of outlook on life and development of social changes to the unique elements of objective material. Each of the three factions' thought has its right points and weak point, and each of the main thread of their system of thought is inherited, and has a profound impact on future generations.Nowadays, after almost a century, theory of dialectical materialism gives a scientific response to the dispute on epistemology in "the Dispute between Science and Metaphysics". Feng Qi, Mou Zong-san and other philosophers also give a profound exploration and solutions. "The Dispute between Science and Metaphysics" offers beneficial enlightenments and abundant source of theory. However, the society nowadays is still faced with a numbers of social problems similar with the time the "The Dispute between Science and Metaphysics" happened: the impacts of all kinds of value system, the loss on concept of moral. Faced with the complex reality of society, what kind of outlook on life should we built up is a question through the history. Reviewing and thinking about "The Dispute between Science and Metaphysics" is not only recalling to the history, but also an examination of social status. It would bring some enlightenment for our living.