What do we mean by 'direct experience'? How does it demonstrate what orthodox views of science, nature and our place in them both are missing?

The next video-post on our new book The Blind Spot. Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience.

Evan Thompson Marcelo Gleiser

It's true, we are definitely naturalists! What makes science so powerful is its ability to account for nature without resorting to a power or agent beyond itself. But... to account for the primacy of experience we'd argue a different understanding of Nature will be required.

Actually, our response to the kind of view Tom Clark presents (in his linked paper) is on pp. 199-204 of The Blind Spot. In short, consciousness is not a controlled hallucination of the brain and neither is reality, because among other things that view is self-undermining.

The key problem with the brain in a vat thought experiment by Adam Frank bigthink.com/13-8/the-key-p…

A successful scientific narrative is made from the world and our experience of it evolving together.

~ from The Blind Spot

Evan Thompson

#thepaincoach #chronicpain #painriffs

'We philosophers have long dreamed of finding a way to demonstrate the interdependence of the sciences and the humanities. Well, here it is.' lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-s…

#PhiMiSci expresses profound sadness at the passing of Daniel Dennett, a great philosopher and also an esteemed member of our advisory board. His intellect, wit and humor will be greatly missed.

The book is available for preorder! I'm told preorders matter a lot for first time authors like myself. If you are interested in the life of a man who became the most famous thinker in the world for his theories about time and consciousness look no further hachettebookgroup.com/titles/emily-h…

'Nobody pulls out a clock to know what time is, only what time it is.' Robert Crease's perfect summary of our analysis of time (including the #Bergson vs Einstein debate) in The Blind Spot. lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-s…

I highly recommend The Blind Spot to anyone who cares about the present and future of science

Evan Thompson Adam Frank Marcelo Gleiser Los Angeles Review of Books I’m really enjoying The Blind Spot — exactly the right medicine for what collectively ails us in this moment

Thank you (and your co-authors) for such a masterful treatment of the material

Interesting #climatechange -focused section of Robert P. Crease's review of Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan Thompson's 'The Blind Spot' makes me want to dive in and host them on #SustainWhat ...

The book’s most ambitious punch comes at the very end, when the authors link the Blind Spot with

What Scientists Can’t See: On Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson’s “The Blind Spot” | Los Angeles Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-s…

'THE BLIND SPOT uses philosophical arguments to resolve scientific puzzles that threaten the integrity of science itself. We philosophers have long dreamed of finding a way to demonstrate the interdependence of the sciences and the humanities. Well, here it is.' - Robert Crease

''The Blind Spot' turns the tables on scientific worldview by insisting that experiencing the world precedes being able to practice science.' Robert P. Crease considers Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson's argument in their latest book. lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-s…

One couldn't ask for a better review: philosopher Robert Crease reviews Adam Frank Marcelo Gleiser & Evan Thompson's The Blind Spot: lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-s… via @lareviewofbooks

Dan Dennett in Farmstead Magazine. Dan would take his students and postdocs to press apples and bottle cider at his Maine farm. He sent the article to me when I told him about our apple trees in BC. I learned how to make cider from his article.