Format:
X, 264 S., [1] Bl.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780199857098
,
9780199857111
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Prelude: scientists as prophets and the rhetoric of prophecy -- The Delphic oracle and ancient prophetic ethos -- The natural magician and the prophet: Francis Bacon's ethical alchemy -- Confirming signs: the prophetic ethos of the early Royal Society -- Interlude: competing ethical models and a catch-22 -- J. Robert Oppenheimer: cultic prophet -- Rachel Carson, kairotic prophet -- Media, metaphor, and the "oracles of science" -- Climate change and the technologies of prophecy -- Postlude: problems and solutions.
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Olman, Lynda, 1971 - Scientists as prophets New York : Oxford University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780199345410
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Naturwissenschaftler
;
Prognose
;
Ethik
;
Naturwissenschaftler
;
Prognose
;
Ethik
