对主流经济物理学研究范式的担忧——兼议其在中国面临的困境和挑战

主流经济物理学具有以下方面的偏执:从物理学上看,忽视非统计物理学在其领域的应用;从经济学上看,局限在数据丰富的金融领域,追求普适性法则以及缺乏完整的理论框架;从数学上看,局限在非线性、概率统计以及随机方面,忽视代数、几何以及更适合经济系统的半定量和半确定数学的应用;从研究方法上看,热衷于逻辑实证主义和复杂科学,确立了从数据出发的研究模式;从理论检验上看,推崇裁判竞争性理论的数据维度;从经济学的自然学派看,忽视经济学自然维度的寻找。主流经济物理学在中国面临着挑战:长期的文理分科使得在交叉学科研究方面缺乏相应的知识结构;美国经济物理学研究范式在中国硬性推广,而忽视了国内经济行为自身环境。因此,中国学者应更多关注与政治制度等有关的,对经济行为存在自上而下影响的经济学,同时赞同经济物理学应研究经济行为决策的自然维度。

The Worry about Mainstream Econophysics Paradigm: Discussion that Econophysics are Facing Difficulties and Challenges in China

The author thinks that the mainstream econophysics research paradigm meets the following paranoids.From the physical point of view,it ignores the application of non-statistical physical subjects.From an economic point of view,it is limited to the financial sector which is full of data,and it stresses the universal law,but ignores the completely theoretical frame.From a mathematical point of view,it is confined to the non-linear,probability statistics and random theories,however,it ignores algebra,geometry and the application of semi-quantitative and semi-deterministic mathematics which are more suitable for the economic system.From the research method point of view,it is interested in logical positivism and complexity science,and the data model as the starting point.At the same time it respects the dimension of data to judge the competing theories on the theory testing.From the view of natual school of economics,it ignores natural dimension of the economics.In China,the challenges of econophysics include the followings:the long-term Division of Arts and Science lead to the lack of appropriate knowledge structure.The U.S.econophysics research paradigm is not suitable for China.Chinese scholars shall pay more attention to economics that relates with political system,and should impact on the economic behavior.Besides,the author appreciates the viewpoint that econophysics should be the natural dimension of the economic behavior of decision-making.