Philosophy and Blade Runner

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by Timothy Shanahan

Type

Essays

Subject

One Film > Blade Runner (1982)

Keywords

Ridley Scott, science fiction, philosophy

Publishing date

2014

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 230 pages
5 ¼ x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-137-41228-7

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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
Timothy Shanahan is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, USA. He is the author of Reason and Insight (2003), The Evolution of Darwinism (2004), Philosophy 9/11 (2005), The Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism (2009), and over two dozen articles in scholarly journals.

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