Ways of Knowing by Chris Clarke

Ways of Knowing by Chris Clarke

The world faces a crisis of meaning. The old stories -- whether the exclusive claims of rival religions or the grand schemes of perennial philosophy -- seem bankrupt to many. The editorial stance of this book is that mysticism and science offer a way forward here, but only if they abandon the idol of a single logical synthesis and acknowledge the diversity of different ways of knowing. The contributors, from disciplines as diverse as music, psychology, mathematics and religion, build a vision that honours diversity while pointing to an implicit unity.

Chris Clarke gained his PhD in General Relativity at the University of Cambridge, later studying at Hamburg and York before taking up a Professorship in Applied Mathematics at the University of Southampton, leaving to work free-lance in 1999. Alongside his main work in theoretical cosmology he has published in brain physics, philosophy and religion, serving on various editorial boards including Journal of Physics A and Ecotheology.