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Wiley-Blackwell
Language
English
Pages
350

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Subjects
Science fiction, Introductions, Philosophy, Philosophy in literature, Philosophy, introductions, Science fiction, history and criticism

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Table of Contents

Brain in a vat / John Pollock
Are you in a computer simulation? / Nick Bostrom
Excerpt from The republic / Plato
Excerpt from The meditations in first philosophy / Rene Descartes
The matrix as metaphysics / Dave Chalmers
Where am I? / Daniel Dennett
Personal identity / Eric Olsen
Divided minds and the nature of persons / Derek Parfit
Where am I? What am I? / Ray Kurzweil
Free will and determinism in the world of Minority report / Michael Huemer
The book of life : a thought experiment / Alvin Goldman
Robot dreams / Isaac Asimov
A brain speaks / Andy Clark
Computing machinery and intelligence / Alan Turing
The mind as software to brain / Ned Block
Minds, brains, programs / John Searle
Cyborgs unplugged / Andy Clark
Consciousness in human and robot minds / Daniel Dennett
Superintelligence and singularity / Ray Kurzweil
Brave new world / Aldous Huxley
Man on the moon / George Annas
Transhumanist frequently asked questions / Nick Bostrom
Mindscan : transcending and enhancing the human brain / Susan Schneider
The doomsday argument / John Leslie
Asimov's three laws of robotics and machine metaethics / Susan Anderson
Ethical issues in advanced intelligence / Nick Bostrom
A sound of thunder / Ray Bradbury
Time / Ted Sider
The paradox of time travel / David Lewis
The quantum physics of time travel / Michael Lockwood and David Deutsch
Miracles and wonders : science fiction as epistemology / Richard Hanley.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Malden, MA
Genre
Introductions.

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Dewey Decimal Class
809.3/8762
Library of Congress
PN3433.6 .S377 2009, PN3433.6.S377 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
350

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OL22853022M
ISBN 13
9781405149075
LCCN
2008052917
OCLC/WorldCat
166356079
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8401978
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