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Book SynopsisThis gathering of eminent thinkers from the sciences and the humanities engages a common theme: In what ways does language—and storytelling in particular—deal with ethics in science, in literature, and in other art forms? Evelyn Fox Keller, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Mieke Bal, and Roald Hoffmann explore ways in which science and rhetoric, politics and fiction, science and storytelling, and ethics and aesthetics are deeply and creatively imbricated with each other, rather than distinct and autonomous.
Table of ContentsList 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
