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- Title
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE GOLEM OF PRAGUE.
- Authors
CHARPA, ULRICH
- 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 onto- logical, pragmatic, and ethical differences.
- Subjects
SYNTHETIC biology; GOLEM; SCIENCE &; civilization; PHILOSOPHY of science; ONTOLOGY; ACTION theory (Psychology); ETHICS
- Publication
Perspectives in Biology & Medicine, 2012, Vol 55, Issue 4, p554
- ISSN
0031-5982
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/pbm.2012.0036