The Integration of Science and Mathematics Laboratories intoa Humanities Curriculum

三一学院哲学系与生物、化学、工程和计算机科学系、数学系、物理系和心理系的九名成员合作，目前正在开发附属于哲学课程的实验室，并仿照科学系的传统实验室。这些实验室开发与哲学有关的数学和科学方面的具体问题解决技能和技巧，包括物理、天文学、生物学和工程学以及数学，包括几何、代数和微积分。我们的目标是在人文环境中培养数学和科学方面的素养，并培养人文学科的学生，否则他们就不会达到这种素养。这些实验室为实现这一目标提供了极好的手段。(1)从历史上看，哲学、数学和科学一直是内在联系的，例如，物理学通常被称为“自然哲学”，而当前意识理论的工作与神经科学和人工智能的发展密切相关。(2)作为一门学科，哲学的主要任务是解释数学和科学的成败。由哲学家、科学家和数学家共同设计的实验室制定了以数学和科学为核心的具体问题解决策略，而哲学课程则研究这些策略的理论解释和理由。因此，实验室和课程在我们发展它们之间的内在联系的同时，都保持着它们的学科完整性。

In collaboration with nine members of the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology, the Philosophy Department at Trinity College is currently developing laboratories attached to philosophy courses and modeled on those traditionally found in science departments. These laboratories develop specific problem-solving skills and techniques in mathematics and science associated with philosophy, including problems in physics, astronomy, biology and engineering as well as mathematics, including geometry, algebra, and calculus. Our goal is to develop literacy in mathematics and the sciences within a humanities setting and for humanities students, who will not otherwise achieve such literacy. These laboratories provide an excellent means of achieving this goal. (1) Historically, philosophy, mathematics and science have always been intrinsically related, e.g., physics was often called "natural philosophy" and current work in theories of consciousness is closely related both to developments in neuroscience and in A.I. (2) A major part of philosophy's task as a discipline is to account for the successes and failures of mathematics and science. Laboratories, jointly designed by philosophers, scientists and mathematicians, develop specific problem-solving strategies central to mathematics and science, while philosophy classes examine the theoretical accounts and justifications of these strategies. Thus, laboratories and courses each retain their disciplinary integrity while we develop the intrinsic relation between them.