Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools

How to Philosophize with a Digital Hammer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2015-08-10
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:395 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:194
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137521774

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Stefano Gualeni is a philosopher and videogame designer. He released his first commercial video game at the age of sixteen and gained a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. Gualeni lectures and researches in game design, game studies, and the philosophy of technology at the Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta.

Innehållsförteckning

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