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Star Trek Thought Experiments: Mind-Expanding Excursions into Philosophical Deep Space

Star Trek Thought Experiments: Mind-Expanding Excursions into Philosophical Deep Space

Robinson, Scott
Seven, Millennium

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN13: 9798837464294
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 16 2022
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Smart people love Star Trek. And smart people love thought experiments.

It seems a pretty natural thing, then, to bring the two together. Trek offers up a number of thought-provoking problems all its own, from the questions of identity emanating from the Transporter to the question of Data's sentience; but thought experiments emanating from classical philosophy also resonate in Trek, from the causality issues of time travel to the timeless tension between reason and emotion. Along the way, a few more modern problems emerge, including the possibility that we are living in a computer simulation - which naturally brings holodecks to mind.

Here, then, is a collection of 22 puzzles that will hopefully be both entertaining and thought-provoking for the dedicated philosophical Trekker:

Can History Be Changed? * Are We Alone in the Universe? * Does the Transporter Kill You? * The Fate of Dr. Moriarty *

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