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1 Why Science Fiction? And Plato’s Republic

2 Warm Up What is something unfair about society? Why is it a problem and what would you do to change it?

3 A literature of Change Science fiction is a literature of the human species encountering change, and the literature of ideas and philosophy. It is multi- and interdisciplinary; and at its heart is a community of thinkers and creatives. -Kansas University’s Gunn Center for the study of Science Fiction

4 Neil deGrasse Tyson on science...

5 Science / Science Fiction
“Science needs the light of free expression to flourish. It depends on the fearless questioning of authority, and the open exchange of ideas… the nature of science genius is to question what the rest of us take for granted.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson Replace “science” with “science fiction”...

6 A better world: Utopia One major sub-genre is Utopia / Dystopia
Utopia: A society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. Literally means “good place” and “no place” Dystopia: A undesirable society often characterized by dehumanization

7 Why Utopia? There is the desire for peace and order.

8 Let’s read a Utopia of sorts...
Plato’s Republic A thought experiment on a perfect society. Written around 380 BC Plato was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle

9 Questions What is something you liked about the Republic’s system?
What is something that doesn’t seem right? Would you want to live in this society?

10 Republic Characters Socrates - Plato’s teacher and the mouthpiece for Plato’s own thoughts Cephalus - A wealthy merchant, represents worldly experience, not philosophy Polemarchus - Son of Cephalus, “war-lord” Thrasymachus - A sophist, a bad teacher Adeimantus - Older brother of Plato, a young poet Glaucon - Another brother of Plato, a young man

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