Experience Machines: The Philosophy of Virtual Worlds
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1786600684 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 242 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is a regular contributor to the philosophy blog Philosophical Percolations (philpercs) and President of the Southwestern Philosophical Society.. Mark Silcox is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is co-author of Philosophy through Video Games (2008), co-editor of Dungeons &
Thi Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Utah Valley University)Experience Machines is an exciting introduction to the philosophy of virtual worlds. Experience Machines explores topics ranging from the ethics of creating virtual worlds to the value of virtual friendships. (Eleni Panagiotarakou, Lecturer of Philosophy and Political Science, Concordia University) . (C. Given the fact that virtual reality is still in its infancy, similar questions are bound to multiply for many aspects of our society. (Dustin Locke, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College)As someone who cannot resist
The authors in this volume re-evaluate the merits of Nozick’s argument, and use it as a jumping–off point for the philosophical examination of subsequent developments in culture and technology, including a variety of experience-altering cybernetic technologies such as computer games, social media networks, HCI devices, and neuro-prostheses.. Nozick thought (and many have since agreed) that this simple thought experiment had profound implications for how we think about ethics, political justice,