The Virtual as the Digital.

I reply to seven commentaries on "The Virtual and the Real". In response to Claus Beisbart, Jesper Juul, Peter Ludlow, and Neil McDonnell and Nathan Wildman, I clarify and develop my view that virtual are digital objects, with special attention to the nature of digital objects and data structures. I...

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Publicado en:Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy Vol. 11; no. 55; pp. 453 - 487
Autor principal: Chalmers, David J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Paradigm Publishing Services Dec2019
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Sumario:I reply to seven commentaries on "The Virtual and the Real". In response to Claus Beisbart, Jesper Juul, Peter Ludlow, and Neil McDonnell and Nathan Wildman, I clarify and develop my view that virtual are digital objects, with special attention to the nature of digital objects and data structures. In response to Alyssa Ney and Eric Schwitzgebel, I clarify and defend my spatial functionalism, with special attention to the connections between space and consciousness. In response to Marc Silcox, I clarify and develop my view of the value of virtual worlds, with special attention to the case where we experience these worlds as virtual.