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.
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.
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