Online Self

Externalism, Friendship and Games

AvSoraj Hongladarom

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book investigates the emerging phenomenon of the self as it exists in the online world. Apart from the problem of constitution of the online self, this volume addresses related questions concerning personal identity in the online world and scrutinizes computer games and the characteristics that they share with social networking sites.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-12
Mått:155 x 235 x 11 mm
Vikt:289 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Antal sidor:171
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319818122

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Soraj Hongladarom is an associate professor of philosophy at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He has published books and articles on such diverse issues as bioethics, computer ethics and the roles that science and technology play in the culture of developing countries. His concern is mainly on how science and technology can be integrated into the life-world of the people in the so-called Third World countries and what kind of ethical considerations can be obtained from such relation. A large part of this question concerns how information technology is integrated in the lifeworld of the Thai people and especially how such integration is expressed in the use of information technology in education. He has organized the second and third Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy conferences at Chulalongkorn University in 2005 and 2007. His works have appeared in The Information Society, AI & Society, Philosophy in the Contemporary World and Social Epistemology, among others.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One. Introduction.- Chapter Two. Buddhist/Philosophical Conceptions of the Self.- Chapter Three. Self as Constituted through Information.- Chapter Four. Science of the Self.- Chapter Five. Self, Friends and Identities in Social Media.- Chapter Six. Pervasive Computing and the Distributed Self.- Chapter Seven. Avatar, Self in Computer Games.- Conclusion.