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In Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids have Kindred Spirits?, thirty-four Dick fans and professional thinkers confront the fascinating and frightening ideas raised by Dicks mind-blowing fantasies. Is there an alien world behind the everyday reality we experience? If androids can pass as human, should they be given the same consideration as humans? Do psychotics have insights into a mystical reality? Would knowledge of the future free us or enslave us? This volume also includes two Dick short stories: Beyond Lies the Wub, and The Eyes Have It.
Philip K. Dick and Philosophy explores the ideas of Philip K. Dick in the same way that he did: with an earnest desire to understand the truth of the world, but without falsely equating earnestness with a dry seriousness. Dicks work was replete with whimsical and absurdist presentations of the greatest challenges to reason and to humanity--paradox, futility, paranoia, and failure--and even at his darkest times he was able to keep some perspective and humor, as for example in choosing to name himself Horselover Fat in VALIS at the same time as he relates his personal religious epiphanies, crises, and delusions. With the same earnest whimsy, we approach Philip K. Dick as a philosopher like ourselves--one who wrote almost entirely in thought-experiments and semi-fictional world-building, but who engaged with many of the greatest questions of philosophy throughout the Euro-American tradition.
Philip K. Dick and Philosophy has much to offer for both serious fans who have read many of his novels and stories, and for those who may have just recently learned his name and realized that his work has been the inspiration for several well-known and thought-provoking films. Most chapters start with one or more of the movies based on Dicks writing. From here, the authors delve deeper into the issues by bringing in philosophers perspectives and by bringing in Dicks written work. The book invites the reader with a casual familiarity with Dick to get to know his work, and invites the reader with little familiarity with philosophy to learn more. At the same time, we have new perspectives and challenging connections and interpretations for even the most hard-core Dick fans, even though we never speak to insiders only.
The book prominently addresses the most widely-known films: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Adjustment Bureau. Along with these big five films, a few chapters address his last novels, especially VALIS, which have a significant cult following of their own. There are also chapters which address short stories and novels which are currently planned for adaptation: Radio Free Albemuth (film completed, awaiting distribution), The Man in the High Castle (in development by Ridley Scott for BBC mini-series), and King of the Elves (Disney, planned for release in 2013).
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Praise for Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?
Life sometimes imitates art, and were heading toward many of the technologies and scenarios imagined by Philip Dick, one of the most iconic and philosophical writers in science fiction. Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? is a nice, accessible guide to many metaphysical and ethical issues waiting in our future.
PATRICK LIN, co-editor of Robot Ethics and co-author of What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?
Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? is an intelligent, exciting, and highly entertaining read that will be valued by all thoughtful Dick fans as well as philosophers. The original and thought-provoking chapters assembled by Dylan Wittkower explore a vast range of philosophical topics and display the breadth and depth of Dicks writing with great style.
MARYA SCHECHTMAN, author of The Constitution of Selves
Philip K. Dick was one of the twentieth centurys most penetrating writers concerned with the human condition. Mortality and self-knowledge obsessed him, and his work on these topics is some of the most thoughtful we have seen. Amazingly, Dylan Wittkower has managed to assemble a collection of thinkers who not only understand Dick but whose explanations will help the rest of us understand him better.
JOSEPH C. PITT, author of Thinking About Technology
For anyone whos ever wondered if they might be a replicant, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? is required reading. As these writers show, some of the deepest questions that we confrontquestions about identity, free will, and our place in the universeare perfectly illustrated by the memorable characters populating Dicks fictional worlds, from the Nexus-6 androids, to the Precogs, to the customers of Rekal, Inc.
AMY KIND, contributor to Star Trek and Philosophy and Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy
Some minds reflect this age, others incubate the next. Humanity is about to stumble into a new, perhaps terrifying age. Thanks to the incisive chapters Dylan Wittkower has assembled in Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Hve Kindred Spirits? , we may not do so blindly.
R. SCOTT BAKKER, author of The White-Luck Warrior , Disciple of the Dog , and Neuropath
An advanced degree in Dick-ology, an essential book for anyone wishing to discover the shocking depth of Philip K Dicks ideas.
DAVID GILL, publisher, Total Dick-Head blog
Dylan Wittkower has assembled a fantastic collection of chapters analyzing the deep themes of Dicks stories, including the elusiveness of free will, the ambiguous nature of personhood, and the uncertain reliability of knowledge. Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? is a real treat for fans of both Dicks stories and the movie adaptations.
ERIC J. SILVERMAN, author of The Prudence of Love
Nexus-6 Metaphysical-A Models graduate , undergraduate , post-doctoral , professorial have gathered together as a Vast Active Living Intelligence System for the purposes of pursuing the philosophical strands of Popular-Culture and Speculative-Fiction icon Philip Kindred Dick in Dylan Wittkowers Philip K Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? This is precisely the kind of book to capture the various strandsat once utterly archaic , unnervingly current and ultimately prognostic of PKDs labyrinthine loom.
NANDITA BISWAS MELLAMPHY, author of The Three Stigmata of Friedrich Nietzsche: Political Physiology in the Age of Nihilism
The fortunate readers of Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? will turnor returnto both philosophy and the writings of Philip K. Dick with new insight, and be further rewarded in both domains as a result. Philosophy and science fiction have never been more exquisitely or fruitfully married than in the works of Philip K. Dick. These accessible and insightful chapters deftly succeed in their task of clearly articulating broader philosophical matters along with their fine details and nuances as explored in Dicks worlds.
CHARLES ESS, author of Digital Media Ethics
Popular Culture and Philosophy Series Editor: George A. Reisch
VOLUME 1
Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing (2000)
VOLUME 2
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The Doh! of Homer (2001)
VOLUME 3
The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real (2002)
VOLUME 4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (2003)
VOLUME 5
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All (2003)
VOLUME 9
Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts (2004)
VOLUME 12
Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine (2005)
VOLUME 13
Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (2005)
VOLUME 17
Bob Dylan and Philosophy: Its Alright Ma (Im Only Thinking) (2006)
VOLUME 19
Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (2006)
VOLUME 24
Bullshit and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Get Perfect Results Every Time (2006)
VOLUME 25
The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think that Cant Be Thunk (2006)
VOLUME 26
South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating (2007) Edited by Richard Hanley
VOLUME 28
The Grateful Dead and Philosophy: Getting High Minded about Love and Haight (2007) Edited by Steven Gimbel
VOLUME 30
Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with that Axiom, Eugene! (2007) Edited by George A. Reisch
VOLUME 31
Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth (2008) Edited by John Huss and David Werther
VOLUME 32
Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy: Darkness on the Edge of Truth (2008) Edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson
VOLUME 33
Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Mission Accomplished or Mission Frakked Up? (2008) Edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin
VOLUME 34 iPod and Philosophy: iCon of an ePoch (2008) Edited by D.E. Wittkower
VOLUME 35
Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant (2008) Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker
VOLUME 36
The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am (2008) Edited by Luke Cuddy
VOLUME 37
The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West (2008) Edited by Randall E. Auxier and Phillip S. Seng
VOLUME 38
Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive (2009) Edited by Brandon W. Forbes and George A. Reisch
VOLUME 39
Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: The Porpoise Driven Life (2009) Edited by Erin McKenna and Scott L. Pratt
VOLUME 40
Transformers and Philosophy (2009) Edited by John Shook and Liz Stillwaggon Swan
VOLUME 41
Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (2009) Edited by Aaron Allen Schiller
VOLUME 42
Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil Is Its Own Reward (2009) Edited by Ben Dyer
VOLUME 43
The Golden Compass and Philosophy: God Bites the Dust (2009) Edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison
VOLUME 44
Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed (2009) Edited by Scott Calef
VOLUME 45
World of Warcraft and Philosophy: Wrath of the Philosopher King (2009) Edited by Luke Cuddy and John Nordlinger
Volume 46
Mr. Monk and Philosophy: The Curious Case of the Defective Detective (2010) Edited by D.E. Wittkower
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