Philosophy and Blade Runner

Informationen zum Autor Timothy Shanahan is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, USA. He is the author of Reason and Insight (2003), The Evolution of Darwinism (2004), Philosophy 9/11 (2005), The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism (2009), and over two dozen articles in scholarly journals. Klappentext Philosophy and Blade Runner explores philosophical issues in the film Blade Runner , including human nature, personhood, identity, consciousness, free will, morality, God, death, and the meaning of life. The result is a novel analysis of the greatest science fiction film of all time and a unique contribution to the philosophy of film. Zusammenfassung Philosophy and Blade Runner explores philosophical issues in the film Blade Runner ! including human nature! personhood! identity! consciousness! free will! morality! God! death! and the meaning of life. The result is a novel analysis of the greatest science fiction film of all time and a unique contribution to the philosophy of film. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction 2. Being Human 3. Persons 4. Identity 5. Consciousness 6. Freedom 7. Being Good 8. God 9. Death 10. Time and Meaning Epilogue Literature Cited Endnotes Index

Product details

• Authors: T. Shanahan, Timothy Shanahan
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2014
• EAN: 9781137412287
• ISBN: 978-1-137-41228-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophie, Verstehen, Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, B, Nature, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Film History, Popular philosophy, Novel, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Film and TV History, Motion pictures—History, Film history, theory & criticism, Popular Science in Philosophy