How can Wii Sports teach us about metaphysics?
Can playing World of Warcraft lead to greater
self-consciousness?
How can we learn about aesthetics, ethics and divine attributes
from
Zork, Grand Theft Auto, and Civilization?
A variety of increasingly sophisticated video games are rapidly
overtaking books, films, and television as America's most popular
form of media entertainment. It is estimated that by 2011 over 30
percent of US households will own a Wii console - about the same
percentage that owned a television in 1953.
In Philosophy Through Video Games, Jon Cogburn and Mark Silcox -
philosophers with game industry experience - investigate 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.
Topics covered include:
* The Problem of the External World
* Dualism and Personal Identity
* Artificial and Human Intelligence in the Philosophy of Mind
* The Idea of Interactive Art
* The Moral Effects of Video Games
* Games and God's Goodness
Games discussed include:
Madden Football, Wii Sports, Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft, Sims
Online, Second Life, Baldur's Gate, Knights of the Old Republic,
Elder Scrolls, Zork, EverQuest Doom, Halo 2, Grand Theft Auto,
Civilization, Mortal Kombat, Rome: Total War, Black and White,
Aidyn Chronicles
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