Jon Cogburn, Mark Silcox

Philosophy Through Video Games

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Investigates the aesthetic appeal of video games, their effect on our morals, the insights they give us into our understanding of perceptual knowledge, personal identity, artificial intelligence, and the very meaning of life itself, arguing that video games are popular precisely because they engage with longstanding philosophical problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RT21049
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780415988582
• ISBN-10: 0415988586
• Artikelnr.: 25335028

Autorenporträt

Jon Cogburn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University. Mark Silcox is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Game inside the Mind, the Mind inside the Game (The Nintendo Wii Gaming Console)

2 I, Player: The Puzzle of Personal Identity (MMORPGS and Virtual Communities)

3 Artificial and Human Intelligence (Single-Player RPGs)

4 The Metaphysics of Interactive Art (Puzzle and Adventure Games)

5 Do Video Games Make us Evil? (First-Person Shooters)

6 Games and God's Goodness (World-Builder and Tycoon Games)

7 Epilogue: Video Games and the Meaning of Life