British author Nigel Wheale’s book, Postmodern Arts: An Introduction he dedicates a chapter, Recognising a ‘human-Thing’: Cyborgs, Robots and Replicants in Philip K. Dick’s to Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?, and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner to both the classic book and film. Wheale states in the peace, ‘I concentrate on the central theme of both the novel and the film; the conflict between authentic and artificial personality, that is, between people and robots (Wheale 1995: p.101). Wheale considers the philosophical consequences of androids becoming ever more human like as he explores some of the central themes of the two science fiction works as he ponders how close to humanity will technology take us as we draw ever closer to the ‘human-Thing’. These are questions that I will explore further in my next entry.
Thursday 19 January 2012
Nigel Wheale
British author Nigel Wheale’s book, Postmodern Arts: An Introduction he dedicates a chapter, Recognising a ‘human-Thing’: Cyborgs, Robots and Replicants in Philip K. Dick’s to Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?, and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner to both the classic book and film. Wheale states in the peace, ‘I concentrate on the central theme of both the novel and the film; the conflict between authentic and artificial personality, that is, between people and robots (Wheale 1995: p.101). Wheale considers the philosophical consequences of androids becoming ever more human like as he explores some of the central themes of the two science fiction works as he ponders how close to humanity will technology take us as we draw ever closer to the ‘human-Thing’. These are questions that I will explore further in my next entry.
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