Self-Consistency
Definition|释义
self-consistency:自洽性/自我一致性。指一个人的观点与行为、或一个理论/模型/论证的各部分之间内部不矛盾、彼此能相互支持并保持一致的性质。(在物理、数学、计算机与心理学语境中都很常见。)
Pronunciation|发音(IPA)
/ˌself kənˈsɪstənsi/
Examples|例句
The report lacks self-consistency: the numbers don’t match the conclusions.
这份报告缺乏自洽性:数据与结论对不上。
To test the model’s self-consistency, we checked whether its assumptions lead to predictions that agree with the same assumptions.
为检验该模型的自洽性,我们检查它的假设是否会导出与这些假设本身相一致的预测。
Etymology|词源
由 self-(“自身的、自我”)+ consistency(“一致性、连贯性”)构成。consistency 来自拉丁语 consistere,含“站稳、保持不变/一致”的意思。因此 self-consistency 字面即“自身的一致/稳固”,引申为“内部不自相矛盾”。
Related Words|相关词
Literary Works|作品中的用例(常见出处)
- Quantum Chemistry(Ira N. Levine,量子化学教材中常讨论“self-consistency / self-consistent field”概念)
- Modern Quantum Chemistry: Introduction to Advanced Electronic Structure Theory(Attila Szabo & Neil S. Ostlund,常见“self-consistent”相关表述)
- Density Functional Theory: An Advanced Course(Eberhard Engel & Reiner M. Dreizler,讨论自洽条件与自洽计算)
- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning(Christopher M. Bishop,模型与推断过程里常出现“一致性/自洽性”相关论述)
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid(Douglas Hofstadter,涉及形式系统一致性与自指问题时常触及“自洽/一致性”的讨论)