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Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405149068)
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xA timely volume that uses science fiction as a springboard to meaningful philosophical discussions, especially at points of contact between science fiction and new scientific developments.
- Raises questions and examines timely themes concerning the nature of the mind, time travel, artificial intelligence, neural enhancement, free will, the nature of persons, transhumanism, virtual reality, and neuroethics
- Draws on a broad range of books, films and television series, including The Matrix, Star Trek, Blade Runner, Frankenstein, Brave New World, The Time Machine, and Back to the Future
- Considers the classic philosophical puzzles that appeal to the general reader, while also exploring new topics of interest to the more seasoned academic
Author: Susan Schneider
ISBN-10: 140514906X
ISBN-13: 9781405149068
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.10d
By Susan Schneider
xSusan Schneider is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, and a faculty member in Penn's Neuroethics program, its Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, and its Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. She is also a fellow with the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. She is the author of numerous pieces in philosophy of mind, neuroethics, and metaphysics, and has co-edited The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007) with Max Velmans.
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