Conference and Workshop Support: Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

会议和研讨会支持：综合科学史和科学哲学

• 批准号: 0723490
• 负责人: John Norton
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0723490&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Workshop; Support; Integrated; History

The Committee for Integrated HPS (History and Philosophy of Science) has been formed to foster research that integrates history of science and philosophy of science. The principal means will be through the initiation of a series of conferences devoted explicitly to work that effects this integration. The intellectual merit of the proposal rests on the attempt to invigorate the existing community in history and philosophy of science, as well as attracting new scholars with an interest in integrated HPS; and to generate new scholarship in integrated history and philosophy of science. This goal will be achieved by the creation of a new forum devoted to integrated HPS that is open to all interested scholars, at which they can meet and present their work. The broader impact will derive through the long-standing interest of people outside the field in integrated history and philosophy of science. Many of our colleagues in the sciences who seek a broader understanding of their science find work in integrated history and philosophy of science to be especially illuminating, since it can connect the foundational issues in the science with contextual issues. Scholars in the humanities often find these analyses helpful for similar reasons and as one model of a highly successful type of interdisciplinary endeavor. Finally, fundamental research in integrated history and philosophy of science provides primary source material for education. It provides to science education materials that can be used to convey the humanistic context of science to students; as well as the importance of science to humanistic studies. It also offers fundamental source materials for secondary science teachers struggling to convey to their students the "nature of science."

综合HPS（科学史和科学哲学）委员会的成立是为了促进科学史和科学哲学的综合研究。主要手段将是发起一系列明确致力于实现这种整合的工作的会议。该提案的学术价值在于试图振兴科学史和科学哲学领域的现有社区，并吸引对综合 HPS 感兴趣的新学者；并在综合科学史和科学哲学方面产生新的学术成果。这一目标将通过创建一个专门针对综合 HPS 的新论坛来实现，该论坛向所有感兴趣的学者开放，他们可以在会上见面并展示他们的工作。更广泛的影响将通过领域外的人们对综合科学史和科学哲学的长期兴趣而产生。我们许多寻求对科学有更广泛理解的科学界同事发现，综合科学史和科学哲学方面的工作特别具有启发性，因为它可以将科学中的基本问题与背景问题联系起来。人文学科的学者经常发现这些分析出于类似的原因很有帮助，并且可以作为高度成功的跨学科努力的一种模式。最后，综合科学史和科学哲学的基础研究为教育提供了主要素材。它提供科学教育材料，可用于向学生传达科学的人文背景；以及科学对人文研究的重要性。它还为中等科学教师努力向学生传达“科学的本质”提供了基础资料。