Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence, 2nd Edition: From Time Travel to Superintelligence - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1118922611 ISBN 13 : 9781118922613

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susan Schneider is a Philosophy Professor at the University of Connecticut and a Fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies. She is the author of The Language of Thought: a New Philosophical Direction (2011) and the co-author, with Max Velmans, of The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness (2006).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1118922611
• ISBN 13: 9781118922613
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Éditeur: Schneider Susan
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