Critique of the Modern Galilean-Cartesian Worldview: A Foundational Debate

This lecture, part of the course "Emergence and Understanding of a Complex World" by the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), explores the negative aspects of the modern worldview grounded in the Galilean-Cartesian tradition. The session delves into foundational debates that challenge the reductionist and mechanistic perspectives that have dominated Western thought since the Scientific Revolution. The talk raises critical questions about the limitations of this paradigm, particularly its inability to fully account for complexity, emergence, and subjective experience. The lecture is part of a 10-lesson series aimed at rethinking how we understand complex systems.