Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy

Streaming video - 2018

Join Professor of Philosophy David Kyle Johnson, of King's College, on a 24-lecture exploration of the final frontiers of philosophy across several decades of science fiction in film and television. See how science fiction allows us to consider immense, vital - and sometimes controversial - ideas with a rare combination of engagement and critical distance.

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Published
[United States] : The Great Courses 2018.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
David Kyle Johnson (actor)
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 823 min.)) : sd., col
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Rated TVPG.
Production Credits
Directed by The Great Courses.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
  • Episode 1 Inception and the Interpretation of Art Episode 2 The Matrix and the Value of Knowledge Episode 3 The Matrix Sequels and Human Free Will Episode 4 The Adjustment Bureau, the Force, and Fate Episode 5 Contact: Science versus Religion Episode 6 Arrival: Aliens and Radical Translation Episode 7 Interstellar: Is Time Travel Possible? Episode 8 Doctor Who and Time Travel Paradoxes Episode 9 Star Trek: TNG and Alternate Worlds Episode 10 Dark City, Dollhouse, and Personal Identity Episode 11 Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence Episode 12 Transcendence and the Dangers of AI Episode 13 The Thirteenth Floor: Are We Simulated? Episode 14 The Orville, Orwell, and the "Black Mirror" Episode 15 Star Wars: Good versus Evil Episode 16 Firefly, Blake's 7, and Political Rebellion Episode 17 Starship Troopers, Doctor Who, and Just War Episode 18 The Prime Directive and Postcolonialism Episode 19 Capitalism in Metropolis, Elysium, and Panem Episode 20 Snowpiercer and Climate Change Episode 21 Soylent Green: Overpopulation and Euthanasia Episode 22 Gattaca and the Ethics of Reproduction Episode 23 The Handmaid's Tale: Feminism and Religion Episode 24 Kubrick's 2001 and Nietzsche's Übermensch.