Of Blind Men and Elephants: Some Thoughts on a Learning-Centered Approach for Bridging the Gulf Between the Arts and Sciences (Report‪)‬

Abstract More than forty-five years after the publication of C.P. Snow's essay on The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution, the "gulf of understanding" he described between scholars in the sciences and humanities appears to have grown ever larger, with disciplinary knowledge becoming more specialized and incomprehensible to those outside of the field. Suggestions for bridging the gap have often been perceived as attempts by one side to colonize another's intellectual territory, further increasing the level of distrust and misunderstanding between scholars of the various disciplines.