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By Dan Schneider Sep 30, 2008, 14:56 GMT

Book Review: Sci-Phi: Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger by Mark Rowlands

Just to give an idea of last month’s pick, readers can visit a review here that notes:

Just to give an idea of last month’s pick, readers can visit a review here that notes:The book has a good Introduction to Rowlands’ ideas and methods, then has nine formal chapters, dealing with specific themes:
1) Frankenstein: the meaning of life (actually Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein).
2) The Matrix trilogy: the certitude of ontology.
3) The Terminator 1 and 2: the mind/body problem.
4) Total Recall and The Sixth Day: identity and reality.
5) Minority Report: free will as illusion.
6) Hollow Man: the will to morality.
7) Independence Day and the Alien series: the limits of morality.
8) Star Wars: the concepts of good and evil.
9) Blade Runner: death as the key to life.

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Sci-Phi: Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger

Sci-Phi demonstrates how anyone can grasp the basic concepts of philosophy while still holding a bucket of popcorn. Mark Rowlands makes philosophy utterly relevant to our everyday lives and reveals ...more

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