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In this book, a gathering of exceptional thinkers from the sciences and the humanities engage a common theme: In what ways do language, and storytelling in particular, deal with ethics in science, in literature, or in other art forms?

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Beware the Jabberwock: A Cautionary Tale for Interdisciplinary Travel
By Margery Arent Safir
Chapter 1: Can the Circles of Language and Science Be Squared?
By Evelyn Fox Keller
Chapter 2: White Lies: Plato, Nietzsche, and Hollywood
By Jean-Michel Rabaté
Chapter 3: Honesty to the Singular Object
By Roald Hoffman
Chapter 4: The Ethics of Storytelling
By Mieke Bal
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors

About the author

Edited by Margery Arent Safir - Contributions by Mieke Bal; Roald Hoffmann; Evelyn Fox Keller and Jean-Michel Rabaté

Summary

In this book, a gathering of exceptional thinkers from the sciences and the humanities engage a common theme: In what ways do language, and storytelling in particular, deal with ethics in science, in literature, or in other art forms?

Product details

• Authors: Margery Arent Safir
• Assisted by: Margery Arent Safir (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2015
• EAN: 9781611486438
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-643-8
• Series: Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures; Apercus: Histories Texts Cultu; Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries