CONTENTS

Introduction

12001: A Space Odyssey—Machine Intelligence

2Blade Runner—Can Androids Feel?

3Planet of the Apes—Animal Consciousness

4The Matrix—The Illusion of Reality

5Until the End of the World—Reading the Mind

6Minority Report—Free Will

7RoboCop—Cyborgs and Identity

8Inception—Dream Construction

9Total Recall—Memory Manipulation and Implantation

10Open Your Eyes (Vanilla Sky)—Immortality

Epilogue: The Dawn of a New Philosophy

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

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