Philosophy, Science and Cinema

Wenceslao J. Gonzalez is Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of A Coruña, Spain. He is a Full Member of the International Academy for the Philosophy of Science (AIPS) and Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

• Part I. Science and Cinema from a Philosophical Viewpoint: From Complexity to Truth.- 1. The Bidirectional Relationship between Science and Cinema: The Philosophical Perspective of Complexity; Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.- 2. Science, Fiction and Science-Fiction: Knowledge and Ignorance from Movies; Gregory Currie.- Part II. Epistemological and Ontological Aspects of Science and Cinema: Fact and Fake News.- 3. Science, Fact, Fiction and Fake News in Cinema: Semantic, Epistemological, Methodological and Ontological Aspects; Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.- 4. Cinema and Television Series through the Internet and Communicative Impact: The Problem of Fake News and the Contribution of Communication Sciences; María José Arrojo.- Part III. Scientists and Films: The social dimension and scientists as Consultants.- 5. The Social Dimension of Cinema in Terms of Science, Technology and Society, Jesus Alcolea-Banegas.- 6. From Silver Screen to Outer Space: The History of Scientists as Consultants for Space Travel Films; David Kirby.- Part IV. Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence in Cinema.- 7. Mathematicians as researchers and their representation in the movies; Jesus Alcolea-Banegas.- 8. Reach and Limits of Artificial Intelligence: From Neuroscience to Cinema; Pedro Jesús Teruel.- Part V. Imagination and Perception of Subjects: Science and Cinema.- 9. Understanding the Real: The Subject’s Affirmation in Matrix; Carmen Romero.- 10. Filming the senses: Capturing perception in an audiovisual medium; Brian L. Keeley.