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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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Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence, 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.
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Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence, 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.
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