Philosophy and Blade Runner

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.

Author: Timothy Shanahan
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/25/2014
Pages: 217
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781137412287
ISBN10: 1137412283
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Philosophy | Aesthetics

About the Author
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.