AP/HUMA 3916 3.00

Images of Embodiment in Science Fiction

Explores various moral, political, psychological, and metaphysical issues surrounding our nature as embodied beings, utilizing works of science fiction (novels, short stories, and films) as "thought experiments" by which we vary some aspect of our embodiment and ask what consequences would follow. Topics include: gender, personal identity, perception, emotion, the nature of mind, and posthumanism.