Volume 7 Launched!

Hello, fellow philosophers! Volume 7 of the Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy just launched! Continuing with last year’s theme, “The promises and perils of Artificial Intelligence,” in this volume we contrast two different approaches to the future possibilities of AI: the deep, existential questioning of Philip K. Dick against the practical, logical conundrums proposed by Isaac […]

New article: the ethics of research in “Young frankenstein,” by stephen S. Hanson

Just published! A new article for Volume 6. “It Might be Dangerous…You Go First”: The Ethics of Research in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein, by Stephen S. Hanson, Tulane University

The Last Resort: Peace and Nonviolence in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Call for Papers, Volume 7 (2024) The Last Resort: Peace and Nonviolence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Foundation’s Mayor Hardin’s favorite quote may strike many as hopeful but naïve: for one thing, competent agents are forced to use violence even in the context of Foundation itself; for […]

Volume 6 just launched!

Volume 6 just launched! Hello, fellow philosophers! Volume 6 of the Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy just launched! This year’s theme is “The promises and perils of Artificial Intelligence.” At launch, Volume 6 includes the following articles: Yearly Theme: The Promises and Perils of A.I.: Disentangling Human Nature from Moral Status: Lessons For and From Philip K. […]

Call for Papers Vol.4: The Day That Coronavirus Stopped the World!

Published 20/05/18 What Do We Learn About Pandemics in Science Fiction Stories? The Day that Coronavirus Stopped the World: What Do We Learn About Pandemics in Science Fiction Stories? We can’t say we weren’t warned. For decades now science fiction authors have been playing around with an enormous variety of pandemic scenarios. While some stories […]

New Article: “Political Myths in Plato and Asimov”

This article examines the use of “noble lies” in Plato’s Republic and Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. A new article, “Political Myths in Plato and Asimov,” by Dr. Nathaniel Goldberg, has been published in Vol.2 of the Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy. This article marks the closing of Volume 2 (2019): Dystopian Caves and Galactic Empires: Social and Political Philosophy in SF […]

Film, Philosophy and Religion Conference: Concordia, May 2020. Call for Papers and Abstracts

Friday-Saturday 1-2, May 2020. Sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith Hollywood’s impact and influence should not be underestimated: It’s a $40 billion annual business! Hollywood may be largely responsible for shaping who we are as individuals and a society—including what our beliefs and values are. Hollywood is neither morally nor […]

Lexington Books’ Politics, Literature, and Film series

Call for Proposals Lexington Books’ Politics, Literature, and Film series is actively seeking proposals for academic works that fit the description below: This interdisciplinary series examines the intersection of politics with literature and/or film. The series is receptive to works that use a variety of methodological approaches, focus on any period from antiquity to the […]

Call for Papers: Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations

Beyond the Anglocentric Fantastic 28th-29th May 2020-Glasgow GIFCon 2020 is a two-day symposium that seeks to examine and honour the heterogeneity of Fantasy and the fantastic beyond Anglonormativity and Anglocentrism. We welcome proposals for papers relating to this theme from researchers and practitioners working in the field of Fantasy and the fantastic across all media, […]

“Living in a Marxist Sci-Fi World: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Power of Science Fiction”

A phenomenological analysis of Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. A new article, “Living in a Marxist Sci-Fi World,” by Lic. Matias Graffigna has just been published. This article examines, with the use of tools from phenomenological analysis, the power of science fiction to “flesh out” certain concepts left undetermined by philosophical theories, “furnishing with content” the […]