Over two sessions, we will discuss The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by astrophysicist Adam Frank, theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser, and philosopher Evan Thompson. In this book, the authors argue for a new scientific culture, where human perspective and experience gets included within science rather than ignored.
For this session we will read:
- Frank, Adam, Marcelo Gleiser and Evan Thompson. 2024. The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience. The MIT Press.
- In the first session, we will read the introduction, part 1 (“How Did We Get Here”) and part 2 (“Cosmos").
About the reading group:
Mats Haraldsen and Sarah Bro Trasmundi organise an exploratory reading group, where we read a mix of stories and academic texts. The aim is to discuss readings that we have wanted to read for some time — or simply read a text again and discuss it with people coming from completely different fields. No specific field expertise is required to join.
People can join as they please — and should not feel obliged to attend every time or for all readings of a text. However, let us know prior to each session if you plan on attending, by contacting mats.haraldsen@ilos.uio.no or s.b.trasmundi@ilos.uio.no.