Benjamin Cain
Oct 12, 2024

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Scientists certainly aim for consilience, but that's partly an institutional or methodological imposition since an explanation wouldn't count as scientific unless it objectifies the phenomena. But precisely by objectifying or "naturalizing" everything, scientists marginalize subjectivity, which makes for modern alienation. That observation is at least as old as the Romantics.

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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