Science as a Form of Life and Cross-disciplinarity: Mariano Artigas and Charles S. Peirce
Journal Title: Scientia et Fides - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
According to Charles S. Peirce and to Mariano Artigas, science is the collective and cooperative activity of all those whose lives are animated by the desire to discover the truth. The particular sciences are branches of a common tree. The unity of science is not achieved by the reduction of the special sciences to more basic ones: the new name for the unity of the sciences is cross-disciplinarity. This is not a union of the sciences themselves, but rather the unity and dialogue of scientists, the real inquirers into the truth. In the light of Peirce’s and Artigas’s teachings, we can see that philosophers are in just the right place to call for this unity of sciences. This call should not be seen as promoting a return to the old scientism, but seeks a deep dialogue between the particular sciences and philosophy in order to deal with the presuppositions of the scientific enterprise. The key to the cross-disciplinarity of knowledge is not revolution, but rather shared efforts in a unique mixture of continuity and fallibilism, of affection and reason, of the attempt to understand others’ disciplines as well as our own.
Authors and Affiliations
Jaime Nubiola
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP198831
- DOI 10.12775/SetF.2016.031
- Views 89
- Downloads 0
Ragionevolezza della fede. Rapporto tra fede e ragione in Tommaso d’Aquino
Rationality of faith. Relationship between faith and reason in Thomas Aquinas The rationality of the Christian faith has been an issue debated for centuries. The relationship between faith and reason is an intrinsic rea...
Why minds cannot be received, but are created by brains
There is no controversy in psychology or brain sciences that brains create mind and consciousness. Doubts and opinions to the contrary are quite frequently expressed in non-scientific publications. In particular the idea...
Review of the Autobiography of Josef Svoboda, Canadian Arctic Climate Scientist
Recenzja książki
Problem cielesności pamięci w perspektywie eschatologicznej
Nauki kognitywne w ostatnich dziesięcioleciach znacząco wpłynęły na analizy powiązania umysłu i ciała na polu filozofii umysłu. Rozwiązania zagadnienia body-mind z kolei dotykają w sposób znaczący również teologii. W kla...
El reto afectivo de la investigación interdisciplinar
The affective challenge of interdisciplinary research In this paper I analyze the affective problem related to interdisciplinary research using, as a guiding theme, some of my autobiographical memories linked to Mariano...