Extended deadline to March 2- Call for Proposals: Two Worlds Embraced by a Third: The Humanist and the Natural Sciences
Attempts at exploring the sciences from a humanist’s viewpoint is not new, and was probably what instigated the writing of C.P. Snow’s famed Two Cultures. It has not always been the case that the sciences are thoroughly separated from the humanities, as its earlier incarnation as natural philosophy obviously suggests. Now, science, as we know it, is separated from its histories and philosophies that exist as academic disciplines in separate departments. If we were to venture further back in time to the Medieval and Renaissance period, we will encounter exploration of the sciences done simultaneously through mechanical and artistic experimentations, as many fascinating critiques and explorations into the work and life of Leonardo Da Vinci have indicated. When modern scientific knowledge and authority were abrogated by institutions and disseminated after receiving their stamps of approval, experimentation and discoveries were carried on as before, including beyond the hallowed wa