Learning Spaces of Interdisciplinary Knowledge: Towards sustainable development
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Graça P. Corrêa [1]
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[1] CFC-UL; CIAC-UAlg
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- Localización: Proceedings of the International Congress on Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences.5th - 6th May 2016 / coord. por Saul Neves de Jesus, Patrícia Pinto, 2016, ISBN 978-989-8472-82-3, págs. 211-215
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Drawing on the recognition that science refers to various ways of knowing (among them the “soft” or socialsciences), and that both “hard” and “applied” sciences may be included into the sphere of humanities (because theyinvolve human situatedness), this article argues for the key ethical role that academic spaces of interdisciplinarylearning can assume in the future of our societies. Accordingly, it examines the theoretical approaches, methodologies,and dissemination strategies of a Science-Art-Philosophy Laboratory recently created at the Center for the Philosophyof Science, University of Lisboa. In recent decades techno-scientific innovation has generated astounding economicgrowth, leading to a mounting investment, both public and private, in the research and production of patents, and acorresponding decline of funding towards research and education in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.Although techno-science commands recognition because of its prodigious power of performance, it should notturn into a privileged area of knowledge dictating human progress. In effect, not only do the humanities and socialsciences hold a pivotal role in assessing the ethical, social, and environmental problems that accelerated scientificadvancement has tended to aggravate, but they also prove indispensable towards a dialogue on the future scenariosof human development
