Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us: (about life, philosophy and everything) - Couverture souple

Webber, Jordan Erica; Griliopoulos, Daniel

 
9781472137913: Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us: (about life, philosophy and everything)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1472137914 ISBN 13 : 9781472137913
Editeur : Robinson, 2017

Synopsis

An accessible introduction to the most important philosophical ideas through the lens of modern video games.

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À propos des auteurs

Jordan Erica Webber is a writer and presenter specialising in video games and digital culture. She is the resident games expert on The Gadget Show (Channel 5), a guest presenter for BBC Radio 4, and host of multiple games and technology podcasts. Most of her writing appears in the Guardian. Her website is jordanwebber.com

Dan Griliopoulos is a writer specialising in video games. His work has been published in media including The New Statesman, the Mail on Sunday and the Guardian. He has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford and a lifelong love of classical philosophy. He is currently Lead Content Editor at tech firm Improbable.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

WOULD YOU KILL ONE PERSON TO SAVE FIVE OTHERS?

If you could upload all of your memories into a machine, would that machine be you? Is it possible we're all already artificial intelligences, living inside a simulation? What can you lose before you're no longer yourself?

These sound like philosophical questions, but they're actually posed by popular, modern video games. Philosophy often uses thought experiments to consider ideas that we can't test in real life, and books, films and games can make these thought experiments far more accessible. Given their interactive nature, video games can be especially effective ways to explore these ideas.

Drawing on interviews with both game creators and professional philosophers, this book explores ten key philosophical questions - such as, 'What can we actually know?' and 'What does it mean to be a good or dutiful person?' - through discussion of relevant video games, from BioShock to Ultima.

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Éditeur
Robinson
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1472137914
ISBN 13 
9781472137913
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
384
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ISBN 10 :  1472143590 ISBN 13 :  9781472143594
Editeur : Robinson, 2019
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