The golem: Uncertainty and communicating science

Science and Engineering Ethics 6 (4):511-523 (2000)
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This paper elaborates on the Golem metaphor as a way of understanding uncertainty in science. Its implications for the ethics of communicating science are explored

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10.1007/s11948-000-0010-6

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.Thomas S. Kuhn - 1962 - Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Edited by Ian Hacking.
The Tacit Dimension. --.Michael Polanyi & Amartya Sen - 1966 - Chicago, IL: University of Chicago.
Knowledge and social imagery.David Bloor - 1976 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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