{"id":129516,"date":"2009-12-01T04:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/\/biologia_pensamiento\/archive\/2009\/12\/01\/129516.aspx"},"modified":"2010-02-11T09:53:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T08:53:14","slug":"la-funcion-social-del-cientifico-preliminares-para-un-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/2009\/12\/01\/129516","title":{"rendered":"La funci\u00f3n social del cient\u00edfico: preliminares para un debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i259.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh307\/salvagoxo\/450px-Solvay_conference_1927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:HyphenationZone>21<\/w:HyphenationZone> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--   \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n<mce:style><!    \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Tabla normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}  --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"ES-TRAD\">E<\/span>n su Blog \u201cEsos peque\u00f1os bichitos\u201d,<span> <\/span>Miguel Vicente abr\u00eda antayer el debate sobre un aspecto esencial en estos momentos que es el que ata\u00f1e a la formaci\u00f3n human\u00edstica de los cient\u00edficos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/microbiologia\/archive\/2009\/11\/29\/129433.aspx\">El texto<\/a> indicaba algunas deficiencias de la formaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica, refiri\u00e9ndose en particular a Espa\u00f1a y hac\u00eda referencia a un art\u00edculo de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/222791\">Newsweek <\/a>en el que Alan Brinkley manifestaba alguna idea interesante, como por ejemplo que la necesidad de decidir entre ciencia y humanidades es falsa (<em>the idea that institutions or their students must decide between humanities and science is false<\/em>). En nuestro pais,\u00a0 y creo que en general tambi\u00e9n,\u00a0 tal decisi\u00f3n no s\u00f3lo no es falsa, es bien verdadera\u00a0 y determinante en la vida del estudiante y adem\u00e1s ha de tomarse a edades muy tempranas. <span> <\/span>El art\u00edculo de Newsweek destacaba la importancia de ambos tipos de actividad:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:HyphenationZone>21<\/w:HyphenationZone> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--   \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;}  \/* List Definitions *\/  @list l0 \t{mso-list-id:1564758058; \tmso-list-type:hybrid; \tmso-list-template-ids:-2140864570 201981967 201981977 201981979 201981967 201981977 201981979 201981967 201981977 201981979;} @list l0:level1 \t{mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt; \tmso-level-number-position:left; \ttext-indent:-18.0pt;} ol \t{margin-bottom:0cm;} ul \t{margin-bottom:0cm;} --><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n<mce:style><!    \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Tabla normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}  --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><em>Science and technology teach us what we can do. Humanistic thinking can help us understand what we should do.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\"><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\"><span> <\/span>Ambos art\u00edculos, el de Miguel magn\u00edficamente ilustrado con<span> <\/span>sus dibujos originales, y el de Brinkley con una serie de comentarios positivos y elogiosos de su universidad, rondaban la cuesti\u00f3n, <span> <\/span>se acercaban a ella pero,\u00a0 a mi entender no llegaban a enfrentarse plenamente con su aspecto principal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">La formaci\u00f3n human\u00edstica de los cient\u00edficos es un aspecto b\u00e1sico de otro m\u00e1s importante que es su funci\u00f3n social. Seg\u00fan c\u00f3mo enfoquemos el primero nos encontraremos en mejor o peor condici\u00f3n para resolver el segundo que, como digo, es el\u00a0 importante. Para abordar tales temas<span> <\/span>en los pr\u00f3ximas entradas propongo las siguientes cuestiones:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">1. <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/biologia_pensamiento\/archive\/2009\/12\/02\/129589.aspx\">Preguntas para la reflexi\u00f3n sobre      la funci\u00f3n social del cient\u00edfico a partir de la expedici\u00f3n de Napole\u00f3n en      Egipto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">2. <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/biologia_pensamiento\/archive\/2009\/12\/03\/129654.aspx\">Sobre la funci\u00f3n social del cient\u00edfico: \u00bfQu\u00e9 es la ciencia? Un viejo art\u00edculo de Orwell<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p>Imagen: 1927 Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics Photograph by Benjamin Couprie, Institut International de Physique Solvay, Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"color: #cc9933;\"><strong>Blogalaxia:<\/strong> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/ciencia\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">ciencia<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/humanidades+\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">humanidades <\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/humanismo\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">humanismo<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/cient%C3%ADfico\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">cient\u00edfico<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/funci%C3%B3n+social+del+cient%C3%ADfico\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">funci\u00f3n social del cient\u00edfico<\/span><\/a> ~ <strong>Technorati:<\/strong> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ciencia\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">ciencia<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/humanidades+\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">humanidades <\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/humanismo\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">humanismo<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/cient%C3%ADfico\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">cient\u00edfico<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/funci%C3%B3n+social+del+cient%C3%ADfico\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">funci\u00f3n social del cient\u00edfico<\/span><\/a> ~ <strong>AgregaX:<\/strong> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=ciencia\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">ciencia<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=humanidades+\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">humanidades <\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=humanismo\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">humanismo<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=cient%C3%ADfico\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">cient\u00edfico<\/span><\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=funci%C3%B3n+social+del+cient%C3%ADfico\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">funci\u00f3n social del cient\u00edfico<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_dd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkname=Biolog%C3%ADa%20y%20pensamiento&amp;linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fweblogs.madrimasd.org%2Fbiologia_pensamiento%2F\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Share\/Bookmark\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\na2a_linkname=\"Biolog\u00eda y pensamiento\";a2a_linkurl=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/biologia_pensamiento\/\";\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/static.addtoany.com\/menu\/page.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En su Blog \u201cEsos peque\u00f1os bichitos\u201d, Miguel Vicente abr\u00eda antayer el debate sobre un aspecto esencial en estos momentos que es el que ata\u00f1e a la formaci\u00f3n human\u00edstica de los cient\u00edficos. El texto indicaba algunas deficiencias de la formaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica, refiri\u00e9ndose en particular a Espa\u00f1a y hac\u00eda referencia a un art\u00edculo de Newsweek en el que Alan Brinkley manifestaba alguna idea interesante, como por ejemplo que la necesidad de decidir entre ciencia y humanidades es falsa (the idea that institutions or their students must decide between humanities and science is false). En nuestro pais,\u00a0 y creo que en general tambi\u00e9n,\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[467,43,464,335,461,291,519,514,446],"tags":[22652,746],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131608,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129516\/revisions\/131608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}