The Integration of Science and Mathematics Laboratories intoa Humanities Curriculum

在与生物学，化学，工程和计算机科学，数学，物理学和心理学系的九名成员合作，哲学系在Trinity学院目前正在开发实验室附属于哲学课程，并模仿那些传统上发现在科学部门。这些实验室开发具体的解决问题的技能和技术，在数学和科学与哲学，包括物理学，天文学，生物学和工程以及数学，包括几何，代数和微积分的问题。我们的目标是在人文环境中培养数学和科学素养，并为人文学科的学生，否则他们将无法实现这种素养。 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相关的，例如，物理学通常被称为“自然哲学”，目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)哲学作为一门学科的主要任务是解释数学和科学的成功和失败。由哲学家，科学家和数学家共同设计的实验室，开发了对数学和科学至关重要的具体解决问题的策略，而哲学课则研究了这些策略的理论解释和理由。因此，实验室和课程都保持其学科的完整性，而我们发展它们之间的内在关系。

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.