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About this book
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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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: Thought Experiments: Science Fiction as a Window into Philosophical Puzzles
- Part I Could I Be in a âMatrixâ or Computer Simulation?
- Part II What Am I? Free Will and the Nature of Persons
- Part III Mind: Natural, Artificial, Hybrid, and Superintelligent
- Part IV Ethical and Political Issues
- Part V Space and Time
- Appendix: Philosophers Recommend Science Fiction
- Index
- EULA