THE SYNESTHETIC SCIENTIST: The Induction of Sense-Mixing to Open New Frontiers in the Laboratory
THE SYNESTHETIC SCIENTIST: The Induction of Sense-Mixing to Open New Frontiers in the Laboratory
Author(s): Emily Daina SarasSubject(s): Social Sciences, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Central European University
Keywords: synesthesia; epistemology; experimental;
Summary/Abstract: One hypothetical method for circumventing the visually dominated human sense hierarchy during research is the chemical or technological induction of a synesthetic-like sensory state within laboratory experimentation. Synesthesia, the rarely-occurring natural phenomena of sense mixing within the human perceptive system, transcends the traditional five separate senses as they have been historically defined.
Journal: Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture
- Issue Year: 1/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-53
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English