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好的。我将结合范·弗拉森(Bas van Fraassen)的建构经验论(Constructive Empiricism)核心思想——尤其是他在《科学的图像》(The Scientific Image)中提出的:科学的目标不是追求“真理”,而是追求经验上的充分性(empirical adequacy),以及科学理论的接受意味着“相信其经验充分性”,而非相信其形而上学真理——来分析陈京元案。以下为中英文对照的评析:


一、经验充分性与法律指控


二、理论接受与信念的区分

Distinguishing Theory Acceptance from Belief

中文
范·弗拉森区分了“接受一个理论”与“相信一个理论为真”。接受意味着在实践中使用它,只要它在经验上有效即可。在本案中,国家似乎“相信”其叙事为真,即异议必然威胁秩序,而不是仅仅“接受”这一叙事作为一种经验上的工具。结果是,法律语言被形而上化,超出了经验事实的范围。

English:
Van Fraassen distinguished between “accepting a theory” and “believing it to be true.” Acceptance means using it in practice, as long as it works empirically. In this case, the state seemed to “believe” its narrative as truth—that dissent necessarily threatens order—rather than merely “accepting” it as a pragmatic tool. As a result, legal discourse was reified into metaphysics, going beyond empirical facts.


三、观察与不可观察的界限

The Observable and the Unobservable

中文
建构经验论强调,科学只需对“可观察的现象”负责,而不必对“不可观察的实体”作出承诺。在本案中,所谓“社会秩序的威胁”往往是抽象的、不可直接观察的,而“个体的言论”则是可观察的。国家却将不可观察的“潜在威胁”当作事实来惩罚可观察的行为,这在范·弗拉森的框架下属于不当的推论。

English:
Constructive empiricism stresses that science is accountable only to observable phenomena, not to unobservable entities. In this case, the alleged “threat to social order” is abstract and unobservable, while “individual speech” is observable. Yet the state treated the unobservable “potential threat” as fact to punish observable acts. Within Van Fraassen’s framework, this is an illegitimate inference.


四、建构经验论与社会批判

Constructive Empiricism and Social Critique

中文
范·弗拉森提醒我们,理论的价值在于经验上的适用性,而不是形而上学的宣称。本案中,若以建构经验论为标准,国家的指控缺乏经验支撑,更多是一种意识形态化的叙事。相反,公民的批判性言论则是基于可观察的社会现实(不公、记忆、事实)而提出的,因此更符合经验充分性的要求。

English:
Van Fraassen reminds us that the value of a theory lies in its empirical adequacy, not in metaphysical claims. In this case, judged by constructive empiricism, the state’s charge lacked empirical support and functioned more as an ideological narrative. By contrast, citizens’ critical speech was grounded in observable social realities (injustice, memory, facts), and thus better met the requirement of empirical adequacy.


五、结论

Conclusion

中文
从范·弗拉森的建构经验论视角看,陈京元案揭示了:

  • 国家指控缺乏经验充分性;

  • 法律叙事被当作“真理”而非经验工具;

  • 不可观察的“潜在威胁”被当作事实来惩罚可观察的行为;

  • 公民的批判性言论更符合经验充分性的标准。

范·弗拉森会提醒我们:一个理性的社会,应当以经验充分性为标准来评估言论与法律,而不是将抽象的形而上学恐惧当作事实来压制个体。

English:
From Van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism perspective, Chen Jingyuan’s case reveals that:

  • The state’s charge lacked empirical adequacy.

  • Legal narratives were treated as “truth” rather than as pragmatic tools.

  • Unobservable “potential threats” were treated as facts to punish observable acts.

  • Citizens’ critical speech better met the standard of empirical adequacy.

Van Fraassen would remind us that a rational society should evaluate speech and law by empirical adequacy, not by treating abstract metaphysical fears as facts to suppress individuals.


要不要我进一步帮你把这份中英文对照的分析扩展成一篇 “建构经验论与法律话语的经验充分性”专题论文,并与费耶阿本德的“方法无政府主义”对比,展示两种科学哲学如何揭示权力与知识的关系?