Blade Runner 2049 : a philosophical exploration /

"Widely acclaimed as a future classic on its release, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is both visually stunning and philosophically profound and provocative film. Extending the story of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner it is a cinematically stunning achievement in its own right. Conta...

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Other Authors: Shanahan, Timothy, 1960- (Editor), Smart, Paul (Paul Richard), 1973- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Philosophers on film.
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Table of Contents:
  • We're all just looking out for something real / Timothy Shanahan
  • The alphabet of us : miracles, messianism, and the baseline test in Blade runner 2049 / Stephen Mulhall
  • The "miracle" of replicant reproduction / Fiona Woollard
  • Being-from-birth : natality and narrative / Brian Treanor
  • The best memories : identity, narrative, and objects / Richard Heersmink and Christopher Jude McCarroll
  • Breaking the code : strong agency and becoming a person / Robert W. Clowes
  • The joi of holograms / Paul Smart
  • Androids dream of virtual sheep / Wanja Wiese and Thomas Metzinger
  • Her eyes were green : intimate relationships in Blade runner 2049 / Timothy Shanahan
  • Artificial economics / Paul Smart
  • The eyes of god / Nigel Shadbolt and Paul Smart
  • What am I to you? The deck-a-rep debate and the question of fictional truth / Timothy Shanahan.