THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET
The central question of the article is should Stanisław Lem be read as a futurologist? The main thesis is that more than in predicting the future Lem always has been more interested in exploration the conceptual limits of science and its technological offshoots.
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Polish Academy of Sciences
2022-10-01
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbd5633c725a4dbd94e1781cb5c1849d2022-12-22T04:30:07ZpolPolish Academy of SciencesFilozofia i Nauka2300-47112545-19362022-10-0110314010.37240/FiN.2022.10.1.5THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHETPeter Swirski The central question of the article is should Stanisław Lem be read as a futurologist? The main thesis is that more than in predicting the future Lem always has been more interested in exploration the conceptual limits of science and its technological offshoots. http://filozofiainauka.ifispan.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4-Swirski_31.pdfstanisław lemhugo gernsbacherherbert george wellsfuturologyconceptual limits of science |
| spellingShingle | Peter Swirski THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET Filozofia i Nauka stanisław lem hugo gernsbacher herbert george wells futurology conceptual limits of science |
| title | THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET |
| title_full | THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET |
| title_fullStr | THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET |
| title_short | THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET |
| title_sort | cassandra syndrome or how not to be a prophet |
| topic | stanisław lem hugo gernsbacher herbert george wells futurology conceptual limits of science |
| url | http://filozofiainauka.ifispan.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4-Swirski_31.pdf |
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