The Interaction of Art and Science

Abstract

The author presents the view of science and art as functionally interdependent. Science relies on the imagination of art for new hypotheses; art relies on the critical reasoning of science to awaken the imagination into activity. The author proposes a ‘black box’ mechanism for the interaction of science and art in the preconscious minds of individuals. The conscious minds of individual scientists and artists act as projection mechanisms for the preconscious contacts of science and art.