THE PARADOX OF RESUSCITACION FROM ATOMS. IN MEMORY OF STANISLAW LEM

• Authors: Okolowski P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Lem put into words the paradox of resuscitation form atoms in the book 'Dialogues' (1957), paradox unsolved untill today. There is followig problem : is X * an alive copy of dead person X - who has identical atomic structure - the same as X? The issue has already been considered in the past although in crude version by Lucretius. Lem's arguments against the possiblity of resuscitacion only intesify the power of paradox. It also appears with reference to cloning of human beings. Lem objected to such process. Identity of reproduced zygote is unclear and therefore reasonable resistance arises to human clonnig.

Keywords

EN

CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS; LEM STANISLAW; RESUSCITACION FROM ATOMS

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Edukacja Filozoficzna
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 42
• Pages: 5-12
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Okolowski P.

• P. Okolowski, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filozofii, Zaklad Filozofii Kultury, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, 00-047 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA01914078