Helen De Cruz is Danforth Chair in the Humanities at Saint Louis University, USA.Johan De Smedt is Postdoctoral Fellow at Saint Louis University, USA. Eric Schwitzgebel is Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Riverside, USA.

The volume brings together an eclectic roster of philosophizing storytellers who have won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards (Ken Liu, Aliette de Bodard, Ted Chiang) and storytelling philosophers, including the winner of the American Philosophical Association’s 'Philosophy Through Fiction' competition. Each short story is followed by an expository 'story note,' in which the author expands on the underlying philosophical concepts.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductory Dispute Concerning Science Fiction, Philosophy, and the Nutritional Content of Maraschino Cherries, Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and Eric SchwitzgebelPart I: Expanding the HumanIntroduction to Part I, Eric Schwitzgebel1. Excerpt from Theuth, an Oral History of Work in the Age of Machine-Assisted Cognition, Ken Liu2. Adjoiners, Lisa Schoenberg3. The Intended, David John Baker4. The New Book of the Dead, Sofia SamatarPart II: What We Owe to Ourselves and OthersIntroduction to Part II, Johan De Smedt5. Out of the Dragon's Womb, Aliette de Bodard6. Whale Fall, Wendy Nikel7. Monsters and Soldiers, Mark SilcoxPart III: Gods and FamiliesIntroduction to Part III, Helen De Cruz8. I, Player in a Demon Tale, Hud Hudson9. The Eye of the Needle, Frances Howard-Snyder10. God on a Bad Night, Christopher Mark Rose11. Hell Is the Absence of God, Ted ChiangConcluding Ventilation, Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and Eric SchwitzgebelList of ContributorsIndex

Helen De Cruz is Danforth Chair in the Humanities at Saint Louis University, USA.Johan De Smedt is Postdoctoral Fellow at Saint Louis University, USA. Eric Schwitzgebel is Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Riverside, USA.

The volume brings together an eclectic roster of philosophizing storytellers who have won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards (Ken Liu, Aliette de Bodard, Ted Chiang) and storytelling philosophers, including the winner of the American Philosophical Association’s 'Philosophy Through Fiction' competition. Each short story is followed by an expository 'story note,' in which the author expands on the underlying philosophical concepts.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductory Dispute Concerning Science Fiction, Philosophy, and the Nutritional Content of Maraschino Cherries, Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and Eric SchwitzgebelPart I: Expanding the HumanIntroduction to Part I, Eric Schwitzgebel1. Excerpt from Theuth, an Oral History of Work in the Age of Machine-Assisted Cognition, Ken Liu2. Adjoiners, Lisa Schoenberg3. The Intended, David John Baker4. The New Book of the Dead, Sofia SamatarPart II: What We Owe to Ourselves and OthersIntroduction to Part II, Johan De Smedt5. Out of the Dragon's Womb, Aliette de Bodard6. Whale Fall, Wendy Nikel7. Monsters and Soldiers, Mark SilcoxPart III: Gods and FamiliesIntroduction to Part III, Helen De Cruz8. I, Player in a Demon Tale, Hud Hudson9. The Eye of the Needle, Frances Howard-Snyder10. God on a Bad Night, Christopher Mark Rose11. Hell Is the Absence of God, Ted ChiangConcluding Ventilation, Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and Eric SchwitzgebelList of ContributorsIndex

Helen De Cruz is Danforth Chair in the Humanities at Saint Louis University, USA.Johan De Smedt is Postdoctoral Fellow at Saint Louis University, USA. Eric Schwitzgebel is Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Riverside, USA.

The volume brings together an eclectic roster of philosophizing storytellers who have won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards (Ken Liu, Aliette de Bodard, Ted Chiang) and storytelling philosophers, including the winner of the American Philosophical Association’s 'Philosophy Through Fiction' competition. Each short story is followed by an expository 'story note,' in which the author expands on the underlying philosophical concepts.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductory Dispute Concerning Science Fiction, Philosophy, and the Nutritional Content of Maraschino Cherries, Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and Eric SchwitzgebelPart I: Expanding the HumanIntroduction to Part I, Eric Schwitzgebel1. Excerpt from Theuth, an Oral History of Work in the Age of Machine-Assisted Cognition, Ken Liu2. Adjoiners, Lisa Schoenberg3. The Intended, David John Baker4. The New Book of the Dead, Sofia SamatarPart II: What We Owe to Ourselves and OthersIntroduction to Part II, Johan De Smedt5. Out of the Dragon's Womb, Aliette de Bodard6. Whale Fall, Wendy Nikel7. Monsters and Soldiers, Mark SilcoxPart III: Gods and FamiliesIntroduction to Part III, Helen De Cruz8. I, Player in a Demon Tale, Hud Hudson9. The Eye of the Needle, Frances Howard-Snyder10. God on a Bad Night, Christopher Mark Rose11. Hell Is the Absence of God, Ted ChiangConcluding Ventilation, Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and Eric SchwitzgebelList of ContributorsIndex