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Editore: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
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- Titolo
- Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence
- Autore
- Schneider, Susan
- Editore
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2009
- Condizione
- As New
- Sovraccoperta
- No Jacket
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 1405149078
- ISBN 13
- 9781405149075
- Peso dell'articolo
- 1,27 libbre
A 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
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Informazioni sull’autore
Susan 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-editedThe Blackwell Companion to Consciousness (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007) with Max Velmans.
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