La Filosofía en las Ciencias Biológicas: experiencias en la formación docente

Abstract

In Biological Sciences, where the disciplines that have as object of study the life or the alive beings are grouped, present questions or scientific problems to be discussed, where they are involved very general concepts like what is the life? or the gene, the protein, or the molecule. In spite of the diversity of disciplines and specialties that are included in the biological sciences, these have given priority attention to explanations and answers to these questions from two facets: a functional one, which is addressed with the questions of “what?” And “how? “; And another, evolutionary, which is treated with the “why? of biological processes and phenomena. In order to foster scientific-philosophical dialogue and generate spaces for teacher training as a strategy for an approach to the philosophical formation of teachers, various academic forums were held. Highlighting the following experiences: Course Philosophy of Science, Diploma in Philosophy of Science, Course God, Man and the World and the Diploma in Current Challenges of Science, the latter was intended to promote interdisciplinary exercise, which goes beyond to add certain humanistic concepts to the preparation of scientists or certain scientific contents to the preparation of humanists. We are interested in generating a deep and sustained reflection on what this interaction means. Likewise, in the framework of the training process of teachers of biological sciences, various actions were organized that favored the dialogue of knowledge between the exact and biological sciences with philosophy, as well as interdisciplinarity. These dialogues were strengthened with the participation of visiting national and international professors at the UPAEP.