When it comes to philosophy, Hollywood is the new Athens. In this cheeky work of sci-phi, Rowlands answers the big questions of philosophy students and movie buffs alike. Is Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrias greatest thinker since Freud? What would Nietzsche think of Darth Vader? Can Tom Cruise act of his own free will? Armed with nothing more than a little humor and some of the most spectacular sci-fi films, Mark Rowlands reveals philosophys most potent messages. And if Keanu Reeves can understand Descartes then certainly so can you.

Mark Rowlands received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Oxford and then went to work in the United States for seven years teaching philosophy. Victim of too many parties, he decided to move to Ireland to do nothing except write philosophy and surf. Seven years later he moved to Devon, where he currently works as the director of the Centre for Philosophical Social Sciences at the University of Exeter. He is the author of seven previous philosophy books including The Body in Mind, The Nature of Consciousness, and Animals Like Us.

Introduction	p. UII
Frankenstein: Philosophy and the meaning of life	p. 1
The Matrix: can we be certain of anything?	p. 27
Terminator I & II: the mind-body problem	p. 57
Total Recall & the Sixth Day: the problem of personal identity	p. 87
Minority Report: the problem of free will	p. 121
Hollow Man: why Be moral?	p. 155
Independence Day & Aliens: the scope of morality	p. 179
Star Wars: Good and euil	p. 209
Blade Runner: Death and the meaning of life	p. 233
Glossary	p. 259
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