Name: Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools
ISBN: 978-1-137-52178-1

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Stefano Gualeni ⁰

Stefano Gualeni
1. University of Malta, Malta
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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The Questions Concerning Digital Technology
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 1-21
A Reflection on Metaphysical Thought and Its Technological “Overcoming”
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 22-42
Worlds in the Age of Digital Simulation
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 43-59
Thinking with Virtual Worlds
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 60-79
Augmented Ontologies and a Challenge to Western Philosophy: Videogames and Simulations as Mediators of Human Thought and Experience
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 80-98
Positionality in the Digital Age: Virtual Bodies and the Effects of Virtual Experiences
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 99-129
Virtual Worlds as Poetic Allegories
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 130-149
Virtual Worlds and the Human Condition: Cognitive, Perceptual, Critical, and Operational Limitations
- Stefano Gualeni
Pages 150-164
Back Matter

Pages 165-194

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About this book

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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design
experience
media
metaphysics
philosophise
philosophy
philosophy of technology
simulation
video

Authors and Affiliations

University of Malta, Malta

Stefano Gualeni

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools
Book Subtitle: How to Philosophize with a Digital Hammer
Authors: Stefano Gualeni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137521781
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52177-4Published: 10 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52178-1Published: 14 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 194
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Computer Modelling, Programming Techniques, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

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