Political Myths in Plato and Asimov

Works of science fiction tend to describe hypothetical futures, or counterfactual pasts or presents, to entertain their readers. Philosophical thought experiments tend to describe counterfactual situations to test their readers’ philosophical intuitions. Indeed, works of science fiction can sometime...

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Autor principal:	Nathaniel Goldberg
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Publicado:	Alfredo Mac Laughlin 2019
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7013fb68d5bf4b94acf5d0d65de50b712021-11-11T21:30:30ZPolitical Myths in Plato and Asimov2573-881Xhttps://doaj.org/article/7013fb68d5bf4b94acf5d0d65de50b712019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jsfphil.org/vol-2/vol-2-political-myths/https://doaj.org/toc/2573-881XWorks of science fiction tend to describe hypothetical futures, or counterfactual pasts or presents, to entertain their readers. Philosophical thought experiments tend to describe counterfactual situations to test their readers’ philosophical intuitions. Indeed, works of science fiction can sometimes be read as containing thought experiments. I compare one especially famous thought experiment from Plato’s Republic with what I read as two thought experiments from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. All three thought experiments concern myths used in political contexts, and comparing them permits me to analyze the morality of political mythologizing.Nathaniel GoldbergAlfredo Mac LaughlinarticlePhilosophy (General)B1-5802Literature (General)PN1-6790ENJournal of Science Fiction and Philosophy, Vol 2, Pp 1-19 (2019)
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Political Myths in Plato and Asimov

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