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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Loyola Marymount University, USA

Timothy Shanahan

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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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Book Title: Philosophy and Blade Runner
Authors: Timothy Shanahan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-41229-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-41228-7Published: 25 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-41229-4Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 217
Topics: Aesthetics, Popular Science in Philosophy, Film History

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