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in English

Introduction: Thought experiments: science fiction as a window into philosophical puzzles / Susan Schneider -- Part I. Could I be in a "Matrix" or computer simulation? -- Related works: The matrix ; Avatar ; Ender`s game ; The hunger games ; Simulacron-3 ; Ubik ; Tron ; Permutation city ; Vanilla sky ; Total recall -- Reinstalling Eden: happiness on a hard drive / Eric Schwitzgebel and R. Scott Bakker -- Are you in a computer simulation? / Nick Bostrom -- Plato`s cave. Excerpt from `The republic` / Plato -- Some Cartesian thought experiments. Excerpts from `The meditations on first philosophy` / Rene´ Descartes -- `The matrix` as metaphysics / David J. Chalmers -- Part II. What Am I? Free will and the nature of persons -- Related works: Moon ; 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 -- Where am I? / Daniel C. Dennett -- Personal identity / Eric Olson -- Divided minds and the nature of persons / Derek Parfit -- Who am I? What am I? / Ray Kurzweil -- Free will and determinism in the world of `Minority report` / Michael Huemer -- Excerpt from "The book of life: a thought experiment" / Alvin I. Goldman -- Part III. Mind: natural, artificial, hybrid, and superintelligent -- Related works: Transcendence ; 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 -- Robot dreams / Isaac Asimov -- A brain speaks / Andy Clark -- Cyborgs unplugged / Andy Clark -- Superintelligence and singularity / Ray Kurzweil -- The singularity: a philosophical analysis / David J. Chalmers -- Alien minds / Susan Schneider -- Part IV. Ethical and political issues -- Related works: Brave 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 -- The man on the moon / George J. Annas -- `Mindscan`: transcending and enhancing the human brain / Susan Schneider -- The doomsday argument / John Leslie -- The last question / Isaac Asimov -- Asimov`s "Three laws of robotics" and machine metaethics / Susan Leigh Anderson -- The control problem. Excerpts from `Superintelligence: paths, dangers, strategies` -- Nick Bostrom -- Part V. Space and time -- Related works: Interstellar ; Twelve monkeys ; Slaughterhouse-five ; All you zombies ; The time machine ; Back to the future ; Flatland ; A romance in many dimensions ; Anathem -- A sound of thunder / Ray Bradbury -- Time / Theodore Sider -- The paradoxes of time travel / David Lewis -- The quantum physics of time travel / David Deutsch and Michael Lockwood -- Miracles and wonders: science fiction as epistemology / Richard Hanley -- Appendix: Philosophers recommend science fiction / Eric Schwitzgebel.

"Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2nd Edition, presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues."--

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