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Description:
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This book presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues. It explores questions relating to transhumanism, brain enhancement, time travel, the nature of the self, and the ethics of artificial intelligence, features numerous updates to the popular and highly acclaimed first edition, including new chapters addressing the cutting-edge topic of the technological singularity and draws on a broad range of science fiction's more familiar novels, films, and TV series, including I, Robot, The Hunger Games, The Matrix, Star Trek, Blade Runner, and Brave New World.
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