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Dr. Troy Hassan Shepherd
Every so often, I come across a dissertation that isn't merely trying to answer a question. It's trying to redraw the map upon which the question itself is asked. Today's guest, Dr. Troy Hassan Shepherd, has written one of those dissertations.
His work asks whether modern science has become so successful at measuring the world that it has forgotten how to experience it. More specifically, he explores whether Western scientific thought and what he calls Earth-ways of knowing might not be adversaries after all, but complementary expressions of humanity's search for truth.
It's an ambitious…
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