The Blind Spot
Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience
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Narrateur(s):
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Perry Daniels
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Auteur(s):
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Adam Frank
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Marcelo Gleiser
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Evan Thompson
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In The Blind Spot, astrophysicist Adam Frank, theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser, and philosopher Evan Thompson call for a revolutionary scientific worldview, where science includes-rather than ignores or tries not to see-humanity's lived experience as an inescapable part of our search for objective truth. They urge practitioners to reframe how science works for the sake of our future in the face of the planetary climate crisis and increasing science denialism.
When we try to understand reality only through external physical things imagined from this outside position, we lose sight of the necessity of experience. This is the Blind Spot, which the authors show lies behind our scientific conundrums about time and the origin of the universe, quantum physics, life, AI and the mind, consciousness, and Earth as a planetary system. The authors propose an alternative vision: scientific knowledge is a self-correcting narrative made from the world and our experience of it evolving together.
The Blind Spot goes where no science book goes, urging us to create a new scientific culture that views ourselves both as an expression of nature and as a source of nature's self-understanding, so that humanity can flourish in the new millennium.
©2024 Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson (P)2024 TantorThe Blind Spot aspires to redefine science by placing lived experience at its centre, but its core argument falters. What the authors portray as a “blind spot” is in fact science’s deliberate strength: filtering subjective distortions to uncover reproducible truths. By elevating phenomenological language—“suchness,” “mindful awareness”—to the level of scientific necessity, the book risks drifting into metaphysics rather than advancing empirical inquiry. Consciousness emerges from neural complexity, not from philosophical reflection, and science gains nothing by treating subjective reports as more than data points to be cross-validated. Ultimately, the book substitutes rhetorical flourish for rigour, leaving readers with provocation rather than progress.
The Blind Spot: A Philosophical Detour Masquerading as Science
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