Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, Science Fiction andPhilosophy, 2nd Edition, presents a collection of readings thatutilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore avariety of classic and contemporary philosophical issues.

• Uses science fiction to address a series of classic andcontemporary philosophical issues, including many raised by recentscientific developments

• Explores questions relating to transhumanism, brainenhancement, time travel, the nature of the self, and the ethics ofartificial intelligence

• Features numerous updates to the popular and highly acclaimedfirst edition, including new chapters addressing the cutting-edgetopic of the technological singularity

• Draws on a broad range of science fiction's more familiarnovels, films, and TV series, including I, Robot, TheHunger Games, The Matrix, Star Trek, BladeRunner, and Brave New World

• Provides a gateway into classic philosophical puzzles andtopics informed by the latest technology