The quest to understand defines our humanness. Since time
immemorial it has given rise to art and literature, philosophical
reflection, religious practice, myths, metaphor, and allegory, as
well as, in more recent history, disciplined scientific inquiry.
Seeking understanding is a lifelong journey towards a goal the
parameters of which change as our pursuit progresses, until, at
life's end, the goal vanishes beyond the horizon. Such is
humanness. Along the way, we build, in an enduring
self-transformative fashion, our mind-the scientific mind. But what
is that mind? A transdisciplinary team of 21 prominent authors,
from areas such as music history, psychiatry, physics, cosmology,
education, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, gaming, artificial
intelligence, science communication, early child development,
science education, and economics, shed light on what it takes
humans to build and cultivate the scientific mind along the
lifespan. A decade of intercultural dialogue preceded the book. It
comprised six major international Building the Scientific Mind
colloquia in culturally diverse settings that spanned the entire
planet. Several hundred people from different disciplines and
interests-among them distinguished scientists, policy and decision
makers, practitioners and thinkers-contributed to the dialogue.
Building the scientific mind transforms our 'way of being in the
world.' It is driven by the desire to understand deeply-cognitively
and affectively-who we are in a world of which we are an integral
part. It has great relevance for sustained human existence in the
Anthropocene and profound implications for how we organize the
conditions for informal and formal learning.
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