Science Fiction and Philosophy From Time Travel to Superintelligence

Name: Science Fiction and Philosophy From Time Travel to Superintelligence
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ISBN: 9781405149075

ISBN-10: 1405149078

ISBN-13: 9781405149075

Edition: 2009

Authors: Susan Schneider, Susan Schneider

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A timely volume that uses the science fiction genre to provoke reflection and discussion on a variety of philosophical issues -from time travel and artificial intelligence to trans-humanism, virtual reality, and neuro-ethics.

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/18/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.34" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Sources and Acknowledgments


Introduction Thought Experiments: Science Fiction as a Window into Philosophical Puzzles




Could I be in a "Matrix" or Computer Simulation? Related Works: The Matrix; Permutation City; The 13th Floor; Vanilla Sky; Total Recall; Animatrix



Brain in a Vat




Are You In a Computer Simulation?




Excerpt from The Republic




Excerpt from The Meditations on First Philosophy




The Matrix as Metaphysics




What Am I? Free Will and the Nature of Persons Related Works: Software; Star Trek, The Next Generation: Second Chances; Mindscan; The Matrix; Minority Report



Where Am I?




Personal Identity




Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons




Who Am I? What Am I?




Free Will and Determinism in the World of Minority Report




Excerpt from "The Book of Life: A Thought Experiment"




Mind: Natural, Artificial, Hybrid, and "Super" Related Works: 2001; Blade Runner; AI; Frankenstein; Terminator; I, Robot



Robot Dreams




A Brain Speaks




The Mind as the Software of the Brain




Cyborgs Unplugged




Consciousness in Human and Robot Minds




Superintelligence and Singularity




Ethical and Political Issues Related Works: Brave New World; Gattaca; Terminator; White Plague



The Man on the Moon




Mindscan: Transcending and Enhancing the Human Brain




The Doomsday Argument




Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" and Machine Metaethics




Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence




Space and Time Related Works: Twelve Monkeys; Slaughterhouse Five; The Time Machine; Back to the Future; Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions



A Sound of Thunder




Time




The Paradoxes of Time Travel




The Quantum Physics of Time Travel




Miracles and Wonders: Science Fiction as Epistemology



Index