Book section : Chapter
The philosophy of Westworld
- Abstract:
- The premise of Westworld is that the androids there are so well designed that they appear to be human. But appearances can be deceiving. In this essay we will confront several puzzles about androids. We will consider distinctions between humans and machines first proposed by René Descartes. We will probe what an android could ‘know’ if given all possible scientific information. We will then ask whether androids might actually be zombies. Next, we will consider Swampman, to probe what android duplicates might experience, if anything. Finally, we will ponder what we could ever know about the mental lives of androids.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Host title:
- Cybermedia: Explorations in Science, Sound, and Vision
- Pages:
- 207-222
- Chapter number:
- 13
- Series:
- New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Publication date:
- 2021-11-26
- Edition:
- 1
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 9781501357077
- Language:
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English
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- Subtype:
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Chapter
- Pubs id:
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1343635
- Local pid:
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pubs:1343635
- Deposit date:
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2023-05-22
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- Copyright date:
- 2021
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