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The Philosophy of Ted Chiang - by David Friedell (Hardcover)

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  • Ted Chiang is one of the most insightful science fiction writers of our time.
  • About the Author: David Friedell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Union College (Schenectady, NY).
  • 208 Pages
  • Philosophy, Social

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Ted Chiang is one of the most insightful science fiction writers of our time. His writing has garnered high praise, including four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His short story, "Story of Your Life," was the basis of the 2016 film Arrival. This volume, which includes a foreword by Chiang and twenty-one short essays by philosophers, analyzes the philosophical significance of Chiang's popular science fiction. These essays discuss how Chiang's stories engage with age-old and contemporary philosophical questions pertaining to free will, God, technology, existentialism, beauty, procreation, contradictions, time, human intelligence, alien intelligence, and artificial intelligence. This volume probes terrain that should be of interest to experts in philosophy, while still being accessible to a general audience interested in science fiction. These essays, like Ted Chiang's writing, demonstrate how excellent science fiction can help us to think about the world and our place in it.



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Ted Chiang is one of the most insightful science fiction writers of our time. His writing has garnered high praise, including four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His short story, "Story of Your Life," was the basis of the 2016 film Arrival. This volume, which includes a foreword by Chiang and twenty-one short essays by philosophers, analyzes the philosophical significance of Chiang's popular science fiction. These essays discuss how Chiang's stories engage with age-old and contemporary philosophical questions pertaining to free will, God, technology, existentialism, beauty, procreation, contradictions, time, human intelligence, alien intelligence, and artificial intelligence. This volume probes terrain that should be of interest to experts in philosophy, while still being accessible to a general audience interested in science fiction. These essays, like Ted Chiang's writing, demonstrate how excellent science fiction can help us to think about the world and our place in it.

David Friedell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Union College (Schenectady, NY). His work has appeared in journals including Philosophical Studies, Analysis, and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.



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"A worthwhile volume for devoted fans of Chiang's work as well as academic philosophers and laypersons in love with deep questions, and a notable exception to the publishing trend of over-philosophizing the non-philosophical, The Philosophy of Ted Chiang does some justice to the wonderful stories of one of our greatest living explorers of the human condition." (Anthony Eagan, Santa Fe Institute, santafe.edu, June 23, 2025)




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David Friedell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Union College (Schenectady, NY). His work has appeared in journals including Philosophical Studies, Analysis, and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.27 Inches (H) x 5.83 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .94 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Social
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Format: Hardcover
Author: David Friedell
Language: English
Street Date: April 23, 2025
TCIN: 1003825024
UPC: 9783031816611
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-4678
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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