Cognitivism bridges the chasm between what the writer C. P. Snow has called the "two cultures" - the widening gap between the world view of the scientist and the humanist. The Caltech philosopher W. T. Jones has called this the crisis of contemporary culture. (Roger Wolcott Sperry)

Cognitivism bridges the chasm between what the writer C. P. Snow has called the "two cultures" - the widening gap between the world view of the scientist and the humanist. The Caltech philosopher W. T. Jones has called this the crisis of contemporary culture.

Roger Wolcott Sperry

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