Love & Philosophy #45: Living Beyond the Blind Spot with Philosopher Evan Thompson
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Jan 1, 2025 Philosopher Evan Thompson, renowned for his insights on embodied cognition, discusses his co-authored work 'The Blind Spot'. He explores how idealized scientific models distort our understanding of reality and the interconnectedness of all living things. The conversation highlights the urgent need for integrating arts and humanities within STEM to navigate ecological crises. Topics include the mind-body connection, the limitations of technology in grasping human experience, and the role of love and personal narratives in the pursuit of knowledge.
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Cultural Crisis and its Roots
- We are in a cultural crisis, most tangibly manifested in the climate crisis.
- This crisis stems from a worldview grafted onto science since the rise of the industrial age.
The Surreptitious Substitution
- Modern science's method involves abstracting from experience and quantifying phenomena.
- The crisis arises when we mistake this method for the nature of reality itself.
Parable of Temperature
- The parable of temperature illustrates how science abstracts from lived experience.
- We start with bodily sensations of hot and cold, but redefine temperature as average kinetic energy, creating a hierarchy.
