# Science fiction and philosophy_ from time travel to superintelligence **Opening (not a real abstract):** Praise for the First Edition “… a successful marriage of art with analytic philosophy.” Mind & Machines, Fall 2010 “Susan Schneider is the Sarah Connor of philosophy as she ponders the role of science fiction and thought experiments to help understand uploading, time travel, superintelligence, the singularity, consciousness … and physicalism. Hasta La Vista baby.” Richard Marshall, 3Quarks Daily “Science Fiction and Philosophy brings two areas together and into a dialogue … science fiction reminds philosophy that all reason and no play makes thought a very dull thing indeed.” Discover Magazine, November 2010 “Looking over the pages one can see Schneider’s attention to detail … Schneider has obviously made her choices for their accessibility and we should applaud her for this.” Metapsychology “I’ve always said that science fiction is a lousy name for this field; it’s really **Authors:** [[Susan Schneider]]