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The three fallacies of Pandora: The case against nuclear power
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| Title: | The three fallacies of Pandora: The case against nuclear power. |
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| Name(s): |
Glynn, Simon, creator Comparative Studies Association Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters |
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| Type of Resource: | sound recording | |
| Genre: | Conference | |
| Date Issued: | 2008-10-24 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object] | |
| Physical Form: | audio/mp3 | |
| Extent: | 41 min., 59 sec. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 165366 (digitool), FADT165366 (IID) | |
| Note(s): | At a time when global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions pose a present and clear threat to the environment, the Nuclear Energy Industry is gearing up to provide a solution to this problem, trading upon a number of fallacies to argue that it neither makes, nor will in future make, any significant contribution to these or to other radiation-linked diseases. This paper exposes these fallacies and argues, to the contrary, that even should the industry be able to avoid all accidents, routine radioactive emissions to the environment during power production and fuel reprocessing threaten to destroy all human life on the planet. Dr. Glynn is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, having earned his doctorate at The University of Manchester, England. His many publications include Continental and Postmodern Perspectives in the Philosophy of Science, eds. Babette Babich, Debra Bergoffen and Simon Glynn, (Vermont: Avebury, 1995). This paper was presented at the Comparative Studies Association 2008 Conference: Interdisciplinarity and Environmental Sustainability. | |
| Subject(s): |
Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses Nuclear industry -- United States Nuclear energy -- United States Energy policy -- United States |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/165366 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
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| Title: | The three fallacies of Pandora: The case against nuclear power. |
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|---|---|---|
| Name(s): |
Glynn, Simon, creator Comparative Studies Program Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters |
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| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
| Genre: | Conference | |
| Date Issued: | 2008-10-24 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Florida | |
| Physical Form: | mp3/pdf | |
| Extent: | 00:41:59 : 2 p. | |
| Extent: | 2p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 165366 (digitool), FADT165366p (IID) | |
| Note(s): | At a time when global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions pose a present and clear threat to the environment, the Nuclear Energy Industry is gearing up to provide a solution to this problem, trading upon a number of fallacies to argue that it neither makes, nor will in future make, any significant contribution to these or to other radiation-linked diseases. This paper exposes these fallacies and argues, to the contrary, that even should the industry be able to avoid all accidents, routine radioactive emissions to the environment during power production and fuel reprocessing threaten to destroy all human life on the planet. Dr. Glynn is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, having earned his doctorate at The University of Manchester, England. His many publications include Continental and Postmodern Perspectives in the Philosophy of Science, eds. Babette Babich, Debra Bergoffen and Simon Glynn, (Vermont: Avebury, 1995). This paper was presented at the Comparative Studies Association 2008 Conference: Interdisciplinarity and Environmental Sustainability. | |
| Subject(s): |
Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses Nuclear industry -- United States Nuclear energy -- United States Energy policy -- United States |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT165366p | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
