论“学科交叉”与“交叉学科”

On the Intersection of Disciplines and Inter-disciplines

在现代意义上,学科应该是知识体系、活动体系和建制体系的统一。随着社会生产力水平不断提高,学科分化乃成为社会发展之历史必然。而今,深陷科学主义和工具理性泥潭的现代科学日益凸显出其固有的局限性,并严重制约着学科的进一步发展。于是,具有包容性和开放性特征的学科交叉便成为学科发展的必然选择。在认识和处理“学科交叉”和“交叉学科”关系时,切忌将路径、手段和方法等工具性因素“异化”为目的本身。在本质意义上,学科交叉只是一种工具性存在,而促进学科建设与发展、全面认识客观世界才是根本目的。交叉学科是学科交叉的产物之一,学科交叉比交叉学科更重要。

In modern context,a discipline integrates the systems of knowledge,activity and organization into one unity.With the continuous improvement of social productivity,the differentiation of disc iplines becomes inevitable in the development of society.Today,moder science,which is deeply mired in scientism and instrumental rationality,increasingly highlights its inherent limitations and seriously restricts the further development of disciplines.Therefore,interdisciplinary studies,which are characterized by inclusiveness and openness,have become an inevitable choice for the development of disciplines.In understanding and dealing with the relationship between the intersection of disciplines and inter-disciplines,we should avoid by all means alienating instrumental factors such as the method into the aim itself.In essence,interdisciplinary studies are only a tool,while promoting discipline construction and development and fully understanding the objective world are the fundamental goals.As one of the products of interdisciplinary studies,inter-disciplines are more important than interdisciplinary studies.