Table of contents:
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Knowledge and Truth
1. Skepticism
Films: Total Recall and The Matrix
2. Relativism
Film: Hilary and Jackie
Part II: Minds, Bodies and Persons
3. Personal Identity
Films: Being John Malkovich and Memento
4. Artificial Intelligence
Film: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Part III: Ethics and Moral Responsibility
5. Ethics
Film: Crimes and Misdemeanors
6. Free Will, Determinism and Moral Responsibility
Films: Gattaca and Memento
Part IV: Philosophy, Religion and the Meaning of Life
7. The Problem of Evil
Films: The Seventh Seal and The Rapture
8. Existentialism
Films: The Seventh Seal, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Leaving Las Vegas
Appendix: Story Lines of Films by Time
A.1. Total Recall
A.2. The Matrix
A.3. Hilary and Jackie
A.4. Being John Malkovich
A.5. Memento
A.6. AI: Artificial Intelligence
A.7. Crimes and Misdemeanors
A.8. Gattaca
A.9. The Seventh Seal
A.10. The Rapture
A.11. Leaving Las Vegas
Notes
Index
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Knowledge and Truth
1. Skepticism
Films: Total Recall and The Matrix
2. Relativism
Film: Hilary and Jackie
Part II: Minds, Bodies and Persons
3. Personal Identity
Films: Being John Malkovich and Memento
4. Artificial Intelligence
Film: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Part III: Ethics and Moral Responsibility
5. Ethics
Film: Crimes and Misdemeanors
6. Free Will, Determinism and Moral Responsibility
Films: Gattaca and Memento
Part IV: Philosophy, Religion and the Meaning of Life
7. The Problem of Evil
Films: The Seventh Seal and The Rapture
8. Existentialism
Films: The Seventh Seal, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Leaving Las Vegas
Appendix: Story Lines of Films by Time
A.1. Total Recall
A.2. The Matrix
A.3. Hilary and Jackie
A.4. Being John Malkovich
A.5. Memento
A.6. AI: Artificial Intelligence
A.7. Crimes and Misdemeanors
A.8. Gattaca
A.9. The Seventh Seal
A.10. The Rapture
A.11. Leaving Las Vegas
Notes
Index