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Interstellar: Is Time Travel Possible?
Lecture no. 7 from the course: Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy
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Taught by Professor David K. Johnson | 34 min
This lecture will take a look at what metaphysics has to say about the possibility of time travel, focusing primarily on the film Interstellar. Along the way, you will also look at other influential time travel stories and the various theories they represent, like Back to the Future, Quantum Leap, Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Planet of the Apes.
24 Lectures
1
Inception and the Interpretation of Art
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of 34 min
2
The Matrix and the Value of Knowledge
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of 33 min
3
The Matrix Sequels and Human Free Will
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of 34 min
4
The Adjustment Bureau, the Force, and Fate
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of 32 min
5
Contact: Science versus Religion
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of 34 min
6
Arrival: Aliens and Radical Translation
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of 34 min
7
Interstellar: Is Time Travel Possible?
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of 34 min
8
Doctor Who and Time Travel Paradoxes
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of 35 min
9
Star Trek: TNG and Alternate Worlds
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of 33 min
10
Dark City, Dollhouse, and Personal Identity
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of 36 min
11
Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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of 36 min
12
Transcendence and the Dangers of AI
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of 35 min
13
The Thirteenth Floor: Are We Simulated?
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of 33 min
14
The Orville, Orwell, and the “Black Mirror”
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of 34 min
15
Star Wars: Good versus Evil
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of 33 min
16
Firefly, Blake’s 7, and Political Rebellion
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of 34 min
17
Starship Troopers, Doctor Who, and Just War
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of 35 min
18
The Prime Directive and Postcolonialism
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of 33 min
19
Capitalism in Metropolis, Elysium, and Panem
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of 34 min
20
Snowpiercer and Climate Change
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of 36 min
21
Soylent Green: Overpopulation and Euthanasia
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of 34 min
22
Gattaca and the Ethics of Reproduction
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of 32 min
23
The Handmaid’s Tale: Feminism and Religion
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of 36 min
24
Kubrick’s 2001 and Nietzsche’s Ubermensch
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of 38 min
