The ancient mythology of modern science: : a mythologist looks (seriously) at popular science writing

• Autores: Stiofán Ó. Cadhla
• Localización: The Journal of American Folklore, ISSN-e 1535-1882, Vol. 127, Nº. 505, 2014, págs. 354-356
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Pp. 300, bibliography, index.) This book is an exegetical tour de force and not for those in denial when it comes to acknowledging either the relevance or impact of the great, and sometimes not so great, ideas propounded in theory. The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science is a detailed explication of technical scientific analysis that focuses on the influence of centrism in intellectual history; anthropocentrism or ethnocentrism or any of a host of divergent or convergent claims to an absolute reality. Chapter 5 looks at homunculism in Artificial Intelligence research (a greatly extended metaphor for almost any organization of tasks) and how it leads to an anthropocentric view of genes or DNA within the body.