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Blade Runner 2049 : a philosophical exploration / edited by Timothy Shanahan and Paul Smart.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Philosophers on film.
- Philosophers on film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blade runner 2049 (Motion picture).
- Science fiction films--History and criticism.
- Science fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Widely acclaimed as a future classic on its release, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is both visually stunning and philosophically profound and provocative film. Extending the story of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner it is a cinematically stunning achievement in its own right. Containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, this fascinating collection explores the philosophical questions that abound in Blade Runner 2049. Including a foreword by Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, film studies, philosophy of mind, psychology, gender studies, and conceptual issues in cognitive science and artificial intelligence"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- We're all just looking out for something real / Timothy Shanahan
- The alphabet of us : miracles, messianism, and the baseline test in Blade runner 2049 / Stephen Mulhall
- The "miracle" of replicant reproduction / Fiona Woollard
- Being-from-birth : natality and narrative / Brian Treanor
- The best memories : identity, narrative, and objects / Richard Heersmink and Christopher Jude McCarroll
- Breaking the code : strong agency and becoming a person / Robert W. Clowes
- The joi of holograms / Paul Smart
- Androids dream of virtual sheep / Wanja Wiese and Thomas Metzinger
- Her eyes were green : intimate relationships in Blade runner 2049 / Timothy Shanahan
- Artificial economics / Paul Smart
- The eyes of god / Nigel Shadbolt and Paul Smart
- What am I to you? The deck-a-rep debate and the question of fictional truth / Timothy Shanahan.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780429862496
- 0429862490
- 9780429460036
- 0429460031
- 9780429862502
- 0429862504
- OCLC:
- 1121138841
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