The Historical Roots of Objectivity——On Ian Hacking' s Reasoning Styles

For a long time,scientific objectivity is ensured by the static correspondence between theory and reality.From logical empiricism to Kuhn's paradigm,and then to social constructivism,it never really rises above the so-called "semantic ascent" dilemma,leaving objectivity a rootless entity.Based on his analysis of science history,Ian Hacking thinks that scientific objectivity lies in the well-developed reasoning styles,and in the action rules formed in our history modeling.However,Hacking's one-sided wishes to exclude social factors in scientific practice can be attributed to the absence of dialectics philosophical foundation.