Philosophy and Blade Runner [electronic resource] /
Shanahan, Timothy.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; The Film's Basic Storyline; Androids, Replicants, and Humans; Electric Sheep Transmuted; From Workprint to Final Cut; The Deck-a-Rep Debate; 'You Did a Man's Work. But Are You a Man?'; 'Proud of Yourself, Little Man?'; Conclusions; 2 Being Human; Introduction; 'It's Artificial?'; 'You Nexus, Huh?'; 'You're So Different'; 'We Have a Lot in Common'; 'Did You Ever Take that Test Yourself?'; 'Now It's My Turn'; 'More Human than Human'; Conclusions; 3 Persons; Introduction; 'They Were Designed to Copy Human Beings'
'I Think, Sebastian, Therefore I Am''We're Not Computers, Sebastian'; 'Very Good, Pris. Now Show Him Why'; 'He Design Your Mind, Your Brain'; 'I Had in Mind Something a Little More Radical'; 'We're Physical'; Conclusions; 6 Freedom; Introduction; 'No Choice, Pal'; 'The Great Advantage to Being Alive is Having a Choice'; 'I'd Rather Be a Killer than a Victim'; 'Show Me What You're Made Of'; 'Yeah, What Do You Want?'; 'I Don't Know Why He Saved My Life'; Conclusions; 7 Being Good; Introduction; Overcoming and Becoming; Beyond Good and Evil; 'Aren't You the ""Good Man""?'
'Man is Something that Should be Overcome'A Nexus 6 Übermensch?; 'Is He Good?'; Conclusions; 8 God; Introduction; 'Fiery the Angels Fell'; 'Rebel Angels from th' Ethereal Skie'; 'I Ought to be Thy Adam'; 'Man is Nothing Else but What He Makes of Himself'; 'You Were Made as Well as We Could Make You'; 'Man is the Being Whose Project is to be God'; Conclusions; 9 Death; Introduction; 'Can the Maker Repair What He Makes?'; 'I'm Afraid That's a Little Out of My Jurisdiction'; 'How Long Do I Live?'; 'I Want More Life'; 'Four, Five. How to Stay Alive'; Conclusions; 10 Time and Meaning; Introduction
'All Those Moments Will Be Lost in Time''All the Time, Pal'; 'Time to Die'; 'Time Enough'; 'Four Years Was a Short Time or a Long Time'; 'It's Too Bad She Won't Live'; Conclusions; Epilogue; Notes; Literature Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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