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Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools

How to Philosophize with a Digital Hammer

Stefano Gualeni (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2014 | 2015 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-58021-7 (ISBN)

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Who are we in simulated worlds? Will experiencing worlds that are not 'actual' change our ways of structuring thought? Can virtual worlds open up new possibilities to philosophize? Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools tries to answer these questions from a perspective that combines philosophy of technology with videogame design.

1. The Questions Concerning Digital Technology2. A Reflection On Metaphysical Thought And Its Technological ' 'Overcoming ' '3. Worlds In The Age Of Their Digital Simulation4. Thinking With Virtual Worlds5. Augmented Ontologies And A Challenge To Western Philosophy: Videogames And Simulations As Mediators Of Human Thought And Experience6. Positionality In The Digital Age: Virtual Bodies And The Effects Of Virtual Experiences7. Virtual Worlds As Poetic Allegories8. Virtual Worlds And The Human Condition: Cognitive, Perceptual, Critical, And Operational Limitations

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Design • Experience • media • Metaphysics • philosophise • Philosophy • Philosophy of Technology • Simulation • Video
ISBN-10	1-349-58021-X / 134958021X
ISBN-13	978-1-349-58021-7 / 9781349580217
Zustand	Neuware