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Synthetic biology and the Golem of Prague: philosophical reflections on a suggestive metaphor.
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- Author(s): Charpa U;Charpa U
- Source:
Perspectives in biology and medicine [Perspect Biol Med] 2012; Vol. 55 (4), pp. 554-70.
- Publication Type:
Historical Article; Journal Article
- Language:
English
- Additional Information
- Source:
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0401132 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1529-8795 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00315982 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Perspect Biol Med Subsets: MEDLINE
- Publication Information:
Publication: <2000->: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press
Original Publication: Chicago.
- Subject Terms:
- Abstract:
Not only the public debate about science but even the way scientists conceive their own work is to some extent determined by cultural images. In the case of synthetic biology, literary figures like the Golem of Prague and its successors, such as Frankenstein's monster, seem to suggest themselves. This article reconstructs some cognitive structures underlying the surface of metaphorical thinking and shows how talking about synthetic biology as similar to Golem-making obscures important ontological, pragmatic, and ethical differences.
- Publication Date:
Date Created: 20130319 Date Completed: 20130918 Latest Revision: 20130318
- Publication Date:
20240829
- Accession Number:
10.1353/pbm.2012.0036
- Accession Number:
23502564
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