Brian Josephson and Beverly Rubik have suggested that there are many artificial dualities to be overcome by a new, 'extended science' (1992) including those between ourselves and nature, mind and body, the observer and the observed, and philosophy and science. I see an urgent necessity for such an 'extended science' to also include physics and the cognitive sciences, the material and the mental domains in its many dimensions, and cross-cultural approaches in the interpretation of mind and matter, including creativity, the use of symbol, myth, and metaphor, the historical perspective, and art and science.

These disciplines and issues have all been discussed in past Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics and Aesthetics conferences focusing on <<The Enigma of Consciousness>>, <<Space, Time and Beyond>>, and <<Consciousness and Teleportation>>. From the perspective of my personal and professional experience as curator and founder of the Swiss Biennial (since 1995), I will present some new concepts and working tools which could lead to a perspective on knowledge as a unified whole, one that provides an escape from what may be regarded as an intellectual trap. In this endeavor, I will use transdisciplinary research topics as well as philosophical and epistemological conclusions to inform my thesis.



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