| Description |
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 823 min.)) : sound, color. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Contents |
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. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by The Great Courses. |
| Performer |
David Kyle Johnson. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Science fiction.
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Motion pictures.
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Philosophy and religion.
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| Added Author |
Kyle Johnson, David, actor.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT14668158 |
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