Blade Runner - Paperback

by Amy Coplan (Editor), David Davies (Editor)

This book explores and addresses Blade Runner from a philosophical point of view. Beginning with a helpful introduction, seven specially commissioned chapters examine the key questions concerning emotions, reason and personhood. Essential reading for students interested in philosophy and film studies.

Author Biography

Amy Coplan is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at California State University, Fullerton, USA. She is the co-editor, with Peter Goldie, of Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives (2011).

David Davies is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at McGill University, Canada. He is the author of Art as Performance (2004), Aesthetics and Literature (2007), and Philosophy of the Performing Arts (2011), and editor of The Thin Red Line (Routledge, 2008).