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Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence
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  • Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence
  • Written by author Susan Schneider
  • Published by Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, June 2009
  • 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 th
  • Science fiction is more than mere entertainment. Historian H. Bruce Franklin defines it as “the literature which, growing with science and technology, evaluates it and relates it meaningfully to the rest of human existence.” Indeed, science fi
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Sources and Acknowledgments viii

Introduction Thought Experiments: Science Fiction as a Window into Philosophical Puzzles Susan Schneider 1

Part I Could I be in a "Matrix" or Computer Simulation? Related Works: The Matrix; Permutation City; The 13th Floor; Vanilla Sky; Total Recall; Animatrix 15

1 Brain in a Vat John Pollock 17

2 Are You In a Computer Simulation? Nick Bostrom 20

3 Excerpt from The Republic Plato 24

4 Excerpt from The Meditations on First Philosophy Rene Descartes 28

5 The Matrix as Metaphysics David J. Chalmers 33

Part II 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 53

6 Where Am I? Daniel C. Dennett 55

7 Personal Identity Eric Olson 67

8 Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons Derek Parfit 91

9 Who Am I? What Am I? Ray Kurzweil 99

10 Free Will and Determinism in the World of Minority Report Michael Huemer 103

11 Excerpt from "The Book of Life: A Thought Experiment" Alvin I. Goldman 113

Part III Mind: Natural, Artificial, Hybrid, and "Super" Related Works: 2001; Blade Runner; AI; Frankenstein; Terminator; I, Robot 115

12 Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov 117

13 A Brain Speaks Andy Clark 122

14 The Mind as the Software of the Brain Ned Block 126

15 Cyborgs Unplugged Andy Clark 170

16 Consciousness in Human and Robot Minds Daniel C. Dennett 186

17 Superintelligence and Singularity Ray Kurzweil 201

Part IV Ethical and Political Issues Related Works: Brave New World; Gattaca; Terminator; White Plague 225

18 The Man on the Moon George J. Annas 227

19 Mindscan: Transcending and Enhancing theHuman Brain Susan Schneider 241

20 The Doomsday Argument John Leslie 257

21 Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" and Machine Metaethics Susan Leigh Anderson 259

22 Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence Nick Bostrom 277

Part V Space and Time Related Works: Twelve Monkeys; Slaughterhouse Five; The Time Machine; Back to the Future; Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions 285

23 A Sound of Thunder Ray Bradbury 287

24 Time Theodore Sider 297

25 The Paradoxes of Time Travel David Lewis 310

26 The Quantum Physics of Time Travel David Deutsch Michael Lockwood 322

27 Miracles and Wonders: Science Fiction as Epistemology Richard Hanley 335

Index 343


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