The Blind Spot: Experience, Science, and the Search for “Truth”
A workshop with philosophers, physicists, and cognitive scientists
What is “truth”? Can it be objectively defined? To what extent are scientific statements “true”? Is the truth in the physical sciences different than in pure mathematics? This workshop brings together an international group of philosophers, physicists, and cognitive neuroscientists to discuss the nature of truth in science and its relation to our experience of the world. If we cannot detach experience from our description of the world, to what extent is science objective? Does experience influence and limit our scientific narrative of Nature? Join us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion on the foundations of science and its relation to philosophy
This event, moderated by ICE Director Marcelo Gleiser, is free and open to the public.
Speakers:
Michel Bitbol, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Adam Frank, University of Rochester
Chris Fuchs, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Jenann Ismael, Columbia University
Peter Lewis, Dartmouth College
Michela Massimi, University of Edinburgh
Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley
Mark Sprevak, University of Edinburgh
Evan Thompson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Peter Tse, Dartmouth College