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#632 Dario Maestripieri: Human Nature, Individual Differences, Knowledge, and Consilience

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Can Art and Literature Be a Source of Knowledge?

Can art and literature be a source of knowledge about the human mind and human behavior? And in what ways, i mean generally speaking, anything made by humans can tell us something about the people who made it. In some cases, art and literature contain ideas. Artists obviously have lots of ideas because many them are interested in human behaviour. Unfortunately, scientists have not paid enough attention to two ideas expressed by artists.

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