By Susan Schneider
"Science Fiction and Philosophy brings parts jointly and right into a discussion: philosophy holds the fantasmatic delight in technological know-how fiction to account for its illusions and notable probabilities whereas technological know-how fiction reminds philosophy that each one cause and no play makes suggestion a truly uninteresting factor certainly. optimistically, this quantity will locate its method into the fingers of these who desire to detect whatever in regards to the hugely technological world-view and horizon of that means of our present epoch." (Discover journal, November 2010)"Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time commute to Superintelligence (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2009), Schneider mines time go back and forth, synthetic intelligence, robotic rights, teleportation, and genetic amendment to debate the character of house and time, loose will, transhumanism, the self, neuroethics, and reality." (Discover, December 2010)
“Looking over the pages you could see Schneider's realization to element … .Schneider has evidently made her offerings for his or her accessibility and we must always applaud her for this … .The assortment stands as an immense and provocative discussion among very wealthy parts of latest cultures and societies. technological know-how Fiction and Philosophy provides us an opportunity to redeem technological know-how fiction … and take the questions it poses heavily and with a severe gaze. This quantity can be of curiosity to audiences learn in technological know-how fiction, philosophy of technological know-how, philosophy of time, philosophy of brain, awareness reviews, epistemology, robotic ethics and bio-ethics and biotechnology and common audiences alike.” (Metapsychology)