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BOOK REVIEW: Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future; Lemography: Stanislaw Lem in the Eyes of the World

Fafnir, 2021
Swirski, Peter. Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future. Liverpool UP, 2015. ISBN 978-1789620542. Swirski, Peter, and Waclaw M. Osadnik, editors. Lemography: Stanislaw Lem in the Eyes of the World. Liverpool UP, 2014. ISBN 978-1789620535.
Michael Godhe
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The philosophy of Stanislaw Lem through the eyes of Professor Okolovsky. Review of the book “Stanislaw Lem and reason. Philosophical studies"

Семиотические исследования
The article is a review of the publication: Okolovsky P. Stanislav Lem and reason. Philosophical studies. Minsk: Galiafi, 2022. 224 p. The author is a professor at the University of Warsaw, researching the philosophical legacy of Stanislaw Lem.
Alexander Yu. Nesterov, Anna I. Demina
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WHAT DID LEM THINK OVER? [PDF]

Filozofia i Nauka, 2022
Stanisław Lem is considered the most outstanding representative of Polish and one of the most eminent representatives of world science-fiction literature, as well as a futurologist and—at least by some—a philosopher who, in the form of novels and short ...
Barbara Dzida, Tomir Jędrejek, Andrzej Łukasik
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THE CASSANDRA SYNDROME, OR HOW NOT TO BE A PROPHET [PDF]

Filozofia i Nauka, 2022
The central question of the article is should Stanisław Lem be read as a futurologist? The main thesis is that more than in predicting the future Lem always has been more interested in exploration the conceptual limits of science and its technological ...
Peter Swirski
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LEM’S PHILOSOPHY OF CHANCE IN HIS FICTION AND NON-FICTION [PDF]

Filozofia i Nauka, 2022
Stanislaw Lem recognizes the far-reaching role of chance both in gaining knowledge and in explaining the development of cultural norms. The consequences are explored by him in fiction and non-fiction.
Bernd Graefrath
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Rationality and knowledge in complex systems: The case of Stanislaw Lem

Journal of Literary Studies, 1996
Summary The article focuses on two “detective novels” by Stanislaw Lem, analysed in terms of chaos theory, which states that complex systems are not merely disorderly, but can generate a kind of order. Lem's fictions exemplify the failure of rationality to solve problems within the context of infinite networks of random variables.
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STANISŁAW LEM’S VISIONS OF A TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE: TOWARD PHILOSOPHY IN TECHNOLOGY [PDF]

Filozofia i Nauka, 2022
Stanisław Lem is mostly known as a sci-fi writer and not widely perceived as a visionary of the cyber age, despite the fact that he foresaw the future of information technology better than most scientific experts.
Paweł Polak, Roman Krzanowski
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Kybernétés’ Skeptical Shadow: On the Nature of Lem’s Silence

Profil, 2021
The formal aim of the presented text is to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Stanisław Lem through one of the dimensions of his work. Achieving this goal takes the form of a reflection of available reasons that clarify why Lem fell silent in his
Radim Brázda
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The Universe, Human Beings and Viruses (Stanisław Lem)

Profil, 2021
September this year marks the 100th birth anniversary of one of Poland´s most famous and most translated authors – Stanisław Lem (1921–2006). This jubilee is a great opportunity for us to think briefly about all the eclectic and miscellaneous forms of ...
Petr Jemelka
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Le grotesque en science-fiction

ReS Futurae, 2016
Le « sense of wonder » traditionnellement associé à la SF est intimement lié au grotesque, une esthétique qui représente des fusions et combinaisons contre-nature d’objets. À l’époque postmoderne, le grotesque devient en quelque sorte normal, étant donné
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay (Jr.)
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