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Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy

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<p><span>Join an award-winning philosopher on an intellectual journey through time and space as you experience dozens of intriguing science fiction stories in film and TV.</span></p>

Syllabus

  • 01: Inception and the Interpretation of Art
  • 02: The Matrix and the Value of Knowledge
  • 03: The Matrix Sequels and Human Free Will
  • 04: The Adjustment Bureau, the Force, and Fate
  • 05: Contact: Science versus Religion
  • 06: Arrival: Aliens and Radical Translation
  • 07: Interstellar: Is Time Travel Possible?
  • 08: Doctor Who and Time Travel Paradoxes
  • 09: Star Trek: TNG and Alternate Worlds
  • 10: Dark City, Dollhouse, and Personal Identity
  • 11: Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • 12: Transcendence and the Dangers of AI
  • 13: The Thirteenth Floor: Are We Simulated?
  • 14: The Orville, Orwell, and the “Black Mirror”
  • 15: Star Wars: Good versus Evil
  • 16: Firefly, Blake’s 7, and Political Rebellion
  • 17: Starship Troopers, Doctor Who, and Just War
  • 18: The Prime Directive and Postcolonialism
  • 19: Capitalism in Metropolis, Elysium, and Panem
  • 20: Snowpiercer and Climate Change
  • 21: Soylent Green: Overpopulation and Euthanasia
  • 22: Gattaca and the Ethics of Reproduction
  • 23: The Handmaid’s Tale: Feminism and Religion
  • 24: Kubrick’s 2001 and Nietzsche’s Ubermensch
  • By This Professor

Taught by

David K. Johnson

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