Challenging the Divide: Approaches to Science and Poetry

Ever since Descartes there has been vigorous debate about the separation of mind and body, and of rational thought and feeling. Challenging the Divide argues against dualistic views and proposes a re-engagement and cross-fertilisation between the ‘sciences’ (rational, supposedly dispassionate, thought) and ‘poetry’ (the arts, and felt thought and emotions). Contemporary scientists and poets offer their views on how both modes of thinking inspire and inform their work.