Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools

Gualeni, Stefano

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“…I will also give one example of unexpected metaphysical contact points between VR and intercultural philosophy in the final section on "Comparative Philosophy." NEW SUBFIELDS: DIGITAL AESTHETICS, RECENT PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY, AND MEDIA THEORY There are many newer areas of philosophical research for which VR is an obviously central target, including aesthetic judgement and experience (Shelley, 2015), the philosophy of digital art (Thomson-Jones, 2015), the philosophy of technology (Franssen et al, 2015, section 4.1 in Gualeni, 2015), and media philosophy (Gualeni, 2015, Ch. 7;Heim, 2000;Sandbothe, 2000;de Mul, 2015).…”

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“…Directly coupling a human PSM with an artificial environment is an example for a new type of consciousness technology, one that might even be called a "technology of the self " (section 4.3 in Gualeni, 2015). Currently the effects are still weak, and there are many technical problems.…”

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“…The number of contact points between VR technology and political philosophy is too large to even begin creating a short list. The convergence of VR and existing social networks may lead to new forms of machine-based manipulation in the formation of political will, novel threats to privacy and autonomy, and a belittlement of the actual political process outside of VR (section 3.2 in Gualeni, 2015). Perhaps most importantly, it is conceivable that what today we call "real life outside of VR" or "the real cultural/historical/political process unfolding in the actual world" would become increasingly experienced as just one possible reality among many others.…”

Section: Social and Political Philosophy: The Danger Of Complex Sociamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Why Is Virtual Reality Interesting for Philosophers?

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2018

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This article explores promising points of contact between philosophy and the expanding field of virtual reality research. Aiming at an interdisciplinary audience, it proposes a series of new research targets by presenting a range of concrete examples characterized by high theoretical relevance and heuristic fecundity. Among these examples are conscious experience itself, "Bayesian" and social VR, amnestic re-embodiment, merging human-controlled avatars and virtual agents, virtual ego-dissolution, controlling the reality/virtuality continuum, the confluence of VR and artificial intelligence (AI) as well as of VR and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), VR-based social hallucinations and the emergence of a virtual Lebenswelt, religious faith and practical phenomenology. Hopefully, these examples can serve as first proposals for intensified future interaction and mark out some potential new directions for research.

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Why Is Virtual Reality Interesting for Philosophers?

Metzinger

2018

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“…In classical terms, these developers would be deemed responsible for all NEs in the virtual environments they create. Ethical practices, however, are not simply or exclusively a matter of direct agency: Actions and behaviors are always invited, mediated, discouraged, delegated, and modified by our technological devices and systems (see Verbeek 2011;Gualeni 2015). In view of these observations, we should consider the designers' responsibilities and how their ethical and ideological positions translate (consciously or less so) into material affordances and teleologies in discussions of various types of moral scenarios.…”

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Artificial Beings Worthy of Moral Consideration in Virtual Environments: An Analysis of Ethical Viability

Gualeni

2020

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This article explores whether and under which circumstances it is ethically viable to include artificial beings worthy of moral consideration in virtual environments. In particular, the article focuses on virtual environments such as those in digital games and training simulations – interactive and persistent digital artifacts designed to fulfill specific purposes, such as entertainment, education, training, or persuasion.The article introduces the criteria for moral consideration that serve as a framework for this analysis. Adopting this framework, the article tackles the question of whether including artificial intelligences that are entitled to moral consideration in virtual environments constitutes an immoral action on the part of human creators. To address this problem, the article draws on three conceptual lenses from the philosophical branch of ethics: the problem of parenthood and procreation, the question concerning the moral status of animals, and the classical problem of evil.Using a thought experiment, the concluding section proposes a contractualist answer to the question posed in this article. The same section also emphasizes the potential need to reframe our understanding of the design of virtual environments and their future stakeholders.

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“…Les jeux vidéo sont des objets sémiotiques qui nous permettent de compenser notre incapacité épistémologique, et donc de vivre des choix que nous savons être vraiment à nous, parce qu'ils sont reconductibles. Cela montre que l'objet jeu vidéo est une « machine expérimentale » en puissance pour le raisonnement philosophique, comme le suggère S. Gualeni (2015).…”

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Récits interactifs et expérience de liberté

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2019

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Le paradoxe de la liberté 1 Donner un sens à la vie nous force à nous poser de grandes questions. Est-ce que ce sont les choix qui ont été les miens qui ont fait de moi la personne que je suis ou est-ce plutôt le fruit du hasard ? Si j'avais pu prévoir tel évènement, aurais-je eu le courage de faire autrement ? Ou au contraire y at -il un destin, récit déjà écrit, et quelqu'un qui fait arriver les choses, au-delà de notre responsabilité ? Les grandes questions intéressent toujours la philosophie tout entière. La liberté est un problème métaphysique (sommes-nous réellement libres ?), épistémologique (comment concevons-nous notre liberté, toute vraie ou apparente qu'elle soit ?), éthique (qu'est-ce que je devrais faire de ma liberté ?). La liberté est donc également un problème logique ou sémiotique : qu'est-ce que cela signifie être libre ? Quel est le sens de nos choix ? Cet aspect est relativement circonscrit, bien qu'il ait des relations avec le concept de liberté dans sa totalité. Le sens de nos actes est un problème de sémiotique narrative et de philosophie analytique de l'action. En effet, c'est un vocabulaire de l'action qui donne un sens à la vie, dont les termes s'appellent choix, conséquence, attente, but, moyen, occasion, hasard, responsabilité, destin, coïncidence, faute, intention, chance. Le sens de la vie dépend d'une manière de distribuer des intentions, d'identifier des résultats prévus ou attendus, de mesurer les efforts pour atteindre des buts, d'évaluer des conséquences. Je voudrais montrer que, grâce aux jeux, et en particulier grâce aux jeux vidéo, nous pouvons faire quelque chose d'autrement totalement inaccessible à la vie quotidienne. Dans les jeux nous pouvons faire l'expérience directe de notre liberté. Pour le dire avec les paroles de J. Henriot, cité par S. Genvo (2013), jouer c'est faire l'exercice du possible. Le jeu est alors une « réalité augmentée » dans un sens fort de l'expression. La réalité est Récits interactifs et expérience de liberté

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Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools

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