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Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2nd Edition, presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues. Uses science fiction to address a series of classic and contemporary philosophical issues, including many raised by recent scientific developments Explores questions relating to transhumanism, brain enhancement, time travel, the nature of the self, and the ethics of artificial intelligence Features numerous updates to the popular and highly acclaimed first edition, including new chapters addressing the cutting-edge topic of the technological singularity Draws on a broad range of science fiction’s more familiar novels, films, and TV series, including I, Robot, The Hunger Games, The Matrix, Star Trek, Blade Runner, and Brave New World Provides a gateway into classic philosophical puzzles and topics informed by the latest technology


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  • Author : Susan Schneider
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Genre : Philosophy
  • Total Pages : 439 pages
  • ISBN : 1118922611
  • PDF File Size : 28,6 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Science Fiction and Philosophy

Science Fiction and Philosophy
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • File Size : 25,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 07 March 2016
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Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2nd Edition, presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and

The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film

The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • File Size : 41,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 14 December 2007
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The science fiction genre maintains a remarkable hold on the imagination and enthusiasm of the filmgoing public, captivating large audiences worldwide and garnering ever-larger profits. Science fiction films entertain the

Philosophy through Science Fiction Stories

Philosophy through Science Fiction Stories
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • File Size : 26,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 28 January 2021
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Bringing together short stories by award-winning contemporary science fiction authors and philosophers, this book covers a wide range of philosophical ideas from ethics, philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and metaphysics.

Science Fiction and Political Philosophy

Science Fiction and Political Philosophy
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • File Size : 46,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 14 February 2020
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Sometimes called the “literature of ideas,” science fiction is a natural medium for normative political philosophy. Science fiction’s focus on technology, space and time travel, non-human lifeforms, and parallel

Philosophy Through Science Fiction

Philosophy Through Science Fiction
  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 30,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 14 May 2024
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Philosophy Through Science Fiction offers a fun, challenging, and accessible way in to the issues of philosophy through the genre of science fiction. Tackling problems such as the possibility of

How to Live Forever

How to Live Forever
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 47,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 28 January 2008
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Immortality is a subject which has long been explored and imagined by science fiction writers. In his intriguing new study, Stephen R.L.Clark argues that the genre of science

Philosophy and Science Fiction

Philosophy and Science Fiction
  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 32,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 14 May 1984
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This accessible and provocative collection of science fiction acquaints readers with cutting-edge gender controversies in moral and political philosophy. By imagining future worlds that defy our most basic assumptions about

Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction

Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • File Size : 30,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 22 November 2015
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In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor,

The Philosopher At The End Of The Universe

The Philosopher At The End Of The Universe
  • Publisher : Random House
  • File Size : 42,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 29 February 2012
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'It's Schopenhauer and the will. It's Plato, it's Hume, Baudrillard and the concept of the Nietzschean superman!' Keanu Reeves on The Matrix The Philosopher at the End of the