2015年7月2日 星期四

大學各分野的重疊與整合


有的大學標榜自己是”理工科大學“,主持者嘴上不說,但是心中是覺得”科學“具有更高的實用價值,因而對於人文的知識並不是那麼看重。
這樣的理念中最大的錯誤,就是把”科學“狹隘化,僅僅理解成”自然科學“了。
對此,余英時先生早就指出:五四運動時期,胡適等人理解和推動的”科學“並非“自然科學”,而是“科學精神”和“科學方法”。
方法是科學成果的基礎,忽視人文教育,侵蝕的就是這種基礎。因此,沒有人文教育,也不會有突出的自然科學成就,“理工科大學”的提法,本身就有問題。


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hc:現在有些大學努力讓學生大三在分系別。這對商、理、文學院很適當,不過其他學院不知道


“I was frustrated by scientists I grew up around who were always all about their field and didn’t understand the wider context,” says Helen Bergstrom ’15.
She says Brown's focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and the open curriculum has allowed her to dive deeply into other subject areas that piqued her interest, such as environmental law: “I didn’t just want to get an engineering degree—I wanted to get a broad understanding of everything that goes into engineering science and policy.”

In the bowels of Barus and Holley, amidst myriad tanks of oxygen and hydrogen, Helen Bergstrom ’15 feels at home. In between running experiments for her senior thesis, the chemical engineering concentrator...
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