Vocabulary
What is the English term for knowledge based on observed experience and experimentation, not theory?
Empirical Evidence
This 1959 lecture by C.P. Snow identified a deep intellectual split between literary intellectuals and scientists.
The Two Cultures
This British scientist and novelist first coined the term "The Two Cultures."
C.P. Snow
The development of this technology raises urgent questions about consciousness, job displacement, and bias.
Artificial Intelligence / AI
C.P. Snow said the gap between scientists and literary intellectuals was as deep as between these two groups of professionals.
Scientists and Novelists / Physicists and Literary Intellectuals
A type of research that deals with numerical data and statistics.
Quantitative Analysis
This systematic approach to studying the natural world involves observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and conclusion.
The Scientific Method
This ancient Greek philosopher made foundational contributions to both logic (science) and ethics (humanities).
Aristotle
Solving this global crisis requires not just climate science, but also international policy, economics, and behavioral change.
Climate Change
This 1818 novel by Mary Shelley is an early warning about the ethical responsibilities of scientific creation.
Frankenstein
The opposite of objectivity; a perspective influenced by personal feelings and opinions.
Subjectivity
This 18th-century intellectual movement emphasized reason, science, and individual liberty over tradition.
The Enlightenment
This Renaissance polymath was both a master artist (humanities) and a brilliant inventor and anatomist (science).
Leonardo da Vinci
The collection of this by tech companies is a major issue at the intersection of computer science, law, and privacy rights.
Personal Data
This term, coined by Immanuel Kant, describes a fundamental shift in perspective, like realizing the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Copernican Revolution
A school of thought in the humanities that seeks to confront the social, historical, and ideological forces that produce culture.
Critical Theory
A philosophical system that holds that genuine knowledge is exclusively derived from experience of natural phenomena.
Positivism
This pioneering physicist and chemist, who won two Nobel Prizes, also kept a deeply personal notebook that is a humanistic document.
Marie Curie
The debate around these organisms involves genetics (science) and concerns about food safety, environmental impact, and corporate control (humanities).
Genetically Modified Organisms
Benedict Anderson defined a nation as this, a concept created and sustained through print culture (a humanistic idea).
An Imagined Community
The principle that a scientific theory must be able to be proven false. Associated with Karl Popper.
Falsifiability
This intellectual stance is skeptical of grand theories and ideologies, emphasizing the relative nature of truth.
Postmodernism
This tech visionary famously connected the liberal arts with technology, stating that "it's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough."
Steve Jobs
When an algorithm unfairly discriminates against a group of people, it demonstrates this problem.
Algorithmic Bias
This famous documentary and book by Al Gore used science to present evidence and storytelling to persuade, bridging the two cultures.
An Inconvenient Truth