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Required Texts (available at the bookstore)<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philip K. Dick\u2019s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 William Gibson\u2019s Neuromancer<\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neal Stephenson\u2019s Snow Crash<\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Murakami Haruki\u2019s Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World<\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grant Morrison\u2019s We3 <\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nick Sousanis\u2019s Unflattening<\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Short stories and critical materials will be posted on OAK (under \u201cReadings\u201d).<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Access Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein online at: http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/84<\/a> (full text)<\/p>\n

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Visual Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Reserved copies held at the library)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ridley Scott\u2019s Blade Runner<\/em> (Mandatory Class Screening)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oshii Mamoru\u2019s Ghost in the Shell<\/em> (Also available online through adultswim.com)<\/p>\n

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Readings to be posted on Blackboard <\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpts from Roger Penrose\u2019s The Emperor\u2019s New Mind<\/em>: \u201cTuring Test,\u201d \u201cThe Chinese Room\u201d<\/p>\n

Isaac Asimov\u2019s \u201cThree Laws of Robotics,\u201d \u201cRobot Dreams\u201d<\/p>\n

Sigmund Freud\u2019s \u201cThe Uncanny,\u201d and Masahiro Mori\u2019s \u201cThe Uncanny Valley\u201d<\/p>\n

Excerpts from Lydia H Lie\u2019s The Freudian Robot<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpts from Jean Baudrillard\u2019s Simulacra and Simulation<\/em><\/p>\n

Nick Bostrom\u2019s \u201cAre You Living in a Computer Simulation\u201d<\/p>\n

Excerpts from Katherine Hayles\u2019s How We Became Posthuman<\/em> (Chapter 1)<\/p>\n

Donna Haraway\u2019s \u201cCyborg Manifesto\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Required Texts (available at the bookstore) –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philip K. Dick\u2019s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 William Gibson\u2019s Neuromancer –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neal Stephenson\u2019s Snow Crash –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Murakami Haruki\u2019s Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grant Morrison\u2019s We3 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2045,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2045"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}