Philosophy and Blade Runner

✍ Scribed by Timothy Shanahan (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 231
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Being Human....Pages 22-42
Persons....Pages 43-59
Identity....Pages 60-79
Consciousness....Pages 80-98
Freedom....Pages 99-114
Being Good....Pages 115-130
God....Pages 131-146
Death....Pages 147-163
Time and Meaning....Pages 164-178
Epilogue....Pages 179-182
Back Matter....Pages 183-217

✦ Subjects

Aesthetics; Popular Science in Philosophy; Film History

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