William Patenaude
Adjunct Faculty @Providence College
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WORK HISTORY
Adjunct Faculty @Providence College
Providence, RI, US
Co-teacher for the Development of Western Civilization Program. Course:\"Sci-Fi, Faith, and Philosophy.\"This course will read and discuss important and new works of science fiction, in conjunction with relevant philosophical, theological, and scientific texts. Science fiction is an important medium for addressing philosophical questions, because, e.g, a lot of philosophical theorizing involves conducting ‘thought experiments’ to test philosophical views and works of science fiction often set up elaborate thought experiments that take ideas to their logical extremes. Science fiction is also valuable for exploring future possibilities for scientific progress. Topics may include warfare, artificial intelligence, pandemics, the value (and danger) of knowledge, utopias and dystopias, surveillance, personhood, transhumanism, extraterrestrial life, time travel, and our place in the universe.
EDUCATION
University of Rhode Island
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
Providence College
M.A., Theology
SKILLS
ABOUT WILLIAM PATENAUDE
Bill is a mechanical engineer (University of Rhode Island,\'86) with a Master of Arts in…
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