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Because I am an Italian trained in the United States (specializing in American modernism) in the 1980s, my reading of science fiction has been shaped by my cultural and biographical circumstances as well as by my geography. It is a hybrid approach, combining these circumstances primarily with an interest in feminist theory and in writing by women.
2 paź 2014 · The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction not only does not have an entry on “speculation,” but declines a direct definition of “extrapolation,” referring readers instead to “prediction” (397), whose corresponding entry immediately rules out prediction as an essential goal of SF.
9 paź 2020 · Researchers employ science fiction and fantasy in public engagement, advocacy, and education as significant sources of insights to identify public interests, inspire public policy, and influence future science.
3 sie 2017 · Two characteristics of the use of science fiction in research became evident in the review: its role as a tool for advocacy and cultural insight and its effectiveness as an aid to learning and...
26 lis 2023 · Through a review of the development history of the British and American definitions of science fiction and related controversies, we find that changes in science fiction's definition are often accompanied by the reorientation and reimagination of its position in society and culture.
2 paź 2014 · For the first two decades of its existence, most scholarly work on Science Fiction tended to take three forms: theoretical efforts at definition that established the historical compass of the genre and elicited a canon of major works, formalist studies that traced important iconic or ideational features of the field, and critical investigations ...
One such feature discussed there was the motivational profile of prudential judgements. This chapter explores in detail how prudential judgements are related to motivation. It proceeds by examining a number of possible theses concerning their interrelation, and grounds of these theses.
