{"product_id":"science-fiction-and-philosophy-isbn-9781118922613","title":"Science Fiction and Philosophy","description":"Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Philosophy, 2nd Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses science fiction to address a series of classic and contemporary philosophical issues, including many raised by recent scientific developments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores questions relating to transhumanism, brain enhancement, time travel, the nature of the self, and the ethics of artificial intelligence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures numerous updates to the popular and highly acclaimed first edition, including new chapters addressing the cutting-edge topic of the technological singularity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a broad range of science fiction’s more familiar novels, films, and TV series, including \u003ci\u003eI, Robot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a gateway into classic philosophical puzzles and topics informed by the latest technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThought Experiments: Science Fiction as a Window into Philosophical Puzzles 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Could I Be in a “Matrix” or Computer Simulation?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelated Works:\u003ci\u003eThe Matrix; Avatar; Ender’s Game; The Hunger Games; Simulacron‐3; Ubik; Tron; Permutation City; Vanilla Sky; Total Recall \u003c\/i\u003e17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Reinstalling Eden: Happiness on a Hard Drive 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Schwitzgebel and R. Scott Bakker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Are You in a Computer Simulation? 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick Bostrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Plato’s Cave. Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Republic \u003c\/i\u003e26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Some Cartesian thought Experiments. Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Meditations on First Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRené Descartes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix \u003c\/i\u003eas Metaphysics 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J. Chalmers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II What Am I? Free Will and the Nature of Persons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelated Works:\u003ci\u003eMoon; Software; Star Trek, The Next Generation: Second Chances; Mindscan; The Matrix; Diaspora; Blindsight; Permutation City; Kiln People; The Gods Themselves; Jerry Was a Man; Nine Lives; Minority Report \u003c\/i\u003e55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Where Am I? 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel C. Dennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Personal Identity 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Olson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Parfit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Who Am I? What Am I? 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRay Kurzweil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Free Will and Determinism in the World of \u003ci\u003eMinority Report \u003c\/i\u003e104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Huemer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Excerpt from “The Book of Life: A Thought Experiment” 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvin I. Goldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Mind: Natural, Artificial, Hybrid, and Superintelligent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelated Works:\u003ci\u003eTranscendence; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Humans; Blade Runner; AI; Frankenstein; Accelerando; Terminator; I, Robot; Neuromancer; Last and First Men; His Master’s Voice; The Fire Upon the Deep; Solaris; Stories of your Life \u003c\/i\u003e117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Robot Dreams 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaac Asimov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A Brain Speaks 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Cyborgs Unplugged 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Superintelligence and Singularity 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRay Kurzweil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J. Chalmers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Alien Minds 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Ethical and Political Issues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelated Works:\u003ci\u003eBrave New World; Ender’s Game; Johnny Mnemonic; Gattaca; I, Robot; Terminator; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Mindscan; Autofac; Neuromancer; Planet of the Apes; Children of Men; Nineteen Eighty‐Four; Player Piano; For a Breath I Tarry; Diamond Age \u003c\/i\u003e243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Man on the Moon 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge J. Annas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 \u003ci\u003eMindscan\u003c\/i\u003e: Transcending and Enhancing the Human Brain 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Doomsday Argument 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Leslie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Last Question 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaac Asimov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics” and Machine Metaethics 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Leigh Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Control Problem. Excerpts from \u003ci\u003eSuperintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies \u003c\/i\u003e308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick Bostrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Space and Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelated Works:\u003ci\u003eInterstellar; Twelve Monkeys; Slaughterhouse‐Five; All You Zombies; The Time Machine; Back to the Future; Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions; Anathem \u003c\/i\u003e331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 A Sound of Thunder 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRay Bradbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Time 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore Sider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Paradoxes of Time Travel 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Quantum Physics of Time Travel 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Deutsch and Michael Lockwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Miracles and Wonders: Science Fiction as Epistemology 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Hanley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Philosophers Recommend Science Fiction 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Schwitzgebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 410\u003c\/p\u003e \"Schneider's anthology, as it stands, is a great introduction to many of the fundamental theoretical issues raised by SF. Each topic is covered with a panel of accessible texts. One will also appreciate the presence of several short stories and references to related works of SF in every section of the book.\" (Metapsychology online reviews 2016) \u003cb\u003eSusan Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e is a Philosophy Professor at the University of Connecticut and a Fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Thought: a New Philosophical Direction\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and the co-author, with Max Velmans, of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). \u003cp\u003e“What are consciousness and free will? Will artificial beings have them? Do we? And do we owe an ethical debt to future generations, even if they wear quite different bodies, or minds? These, and countless other questions first raised by a century’s worth of canonical science fiction, are now ambitiously appraised by Susan Schneider in a volume that explores our philosophical frontier.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Brin, astrophysicist and\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Postman and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “Susan Schneider has assembled an incredibly wide range of stimulating and accessible thoughts in these pages. The second edition of \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003ewill fascinate anyone who enjoys thinking ‘outside of the box’ – though it might leave their minds in a whirl!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Thought experiments inspired by science fiction have been firing the philosophical imagination for centuries, offering meaningful insights into ethical quandaries, the notion of free will, and the very nature of our existence. Highly acclaimed upon its initial release, this second edition of \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e presents an updated collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues – from the nature of minds and puzzles about virtual reality to the possibility of time travel and the unforeseen consequences of artificial intelligence. Featuring numerous updates, it also includes provocative new readings that address cutting-edge issues such as transhumanism and the so-called technological singularity, the hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence. Meaningful philosophical questions are raised while drawing on the genre’s most intriguing stories, novels, and films – everything from \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e. As the convergence of science fiction with modern technology draws ever closer, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Philosophy, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e offers invaluable insights into both classic philosophical ideas and the future of humanity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSusan Schneider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the University of Connecticut, USA, and a faculty member in the Technology and Ethics Group at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Thought: A New Philosophical Directio\u003c\/i\u003en (2011) and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (with Max Vellmans, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What are consciousness and free will? Will artificial beings have them? Do we? And do we owe an ethical debt to future generations, even if they wear quite different bodies, or minds? These, and countless other questions first raised by a century’s worth of canonical science fiction, are now ambitiously appraised by Susan Schneider in a volume that explores our philosophical frontier.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e      David Brin, astrophysicist and \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Postman and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Susan Schneider has assembled an incredibly wide range of stimulating and accessible thoughts in these pages. The second edition of \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003ewill fascinate anyone who enjoys thinking 'outside of the box'—though it might leave their minds in a whirl!\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            Martin Rees, 'UK Astronomer Royal'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989993701605,"sku":"NP9781118922613","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118922613.jpg?v=1761786141","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/science-fiction-and-philosophy-isbn-9781118922613","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}