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Marcelo Gleiser on Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience

Closer To Truth

CHAPTER

Exploring the Blind Spot in Science

This chapter delves into the blind spot in science caused by an overly optimistic view of scientific success, leading to conceptual challenges in various scientific fields such as cosmology and neuroscience. It emphasizes the significance of recognizing human experience as the basis of scientific knowledge and human endeavors. The discussion touches on reductionism, emergence, objectivism, and physicalism, highlighting the complexities of understanding phenomena beyond simplistic separations between objective and subjective realms.

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