Philosophical Dilemmas in Science Fiction: Identity and Consciousness

Examines the implications of storing human consciousness digitally and transferring it between bodies

Raises questions about the balance between free will and determinism in a future where crimes can be predicted

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Questions the distinction between human and android identities, raising ethical concerns about their treatment

Raises questions about what constitutes personal identity when the brain is transplanted into a new body, as explored in Dennett's 'Where Am I?'

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Examines the transformation of human identity through evolution into a collective consciousness

Explores the concept of self through the phenomenon of split-brain patients, as discussed by Derek Parfit

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Explores themes of identity loss and the search for self in a world where one's existence is erased

Challenges perceptions of reality through a hallucinatory world, questioning the nature of existence

Explores the nature of consciousness within simulated realities, challenging perceptions of reality

Raises questions about the ethics of creating autonomous AI and the potential dangers it poses