<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> I argue that virtual reality is a sort of genuine reality. In particular, I argue for virtual digitalism, on which virtual objects are real digital objects, and against virtual fictionalism, on which virtual objects are fictional objects. I also argue that perception in virtual reality need not be illusory, and that life in virtual worlds can have roughly the same sort of value as life in non-virtual worlds.</p></abstract>

I argue that virtual reality is a sort of genuine reality. In particular, I argue for virtual digitalism, on which virtual objects are real digital objects, and against virtual fictionalism, on which virtual objects are fictional objects. I also argue that perception in virtual reality need not be illusory, and that life in virtual worlds can have roughly the same sort of value as life in non-virtual worlds.

The Virtual and the Real

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I argue that virtual reality is a sort of genuine reality. In particular, I argue for virtual digitalism, on which virtual objects are real digital objects,...

The Virtual and the Real

Publicado en línea: 06 mar 2018

Páginas: 309 - 352

Recibido: 06 may 2017

Aceptado: 09 feb 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0009

Palabras clave
Virtual reality, augmented reality, realism, fictionalism, structuralism

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Virtual and the Real

Publicado en línea: 06 mar 2018

Páginas: 309 - 352

Recibido: 06 may 2017

Aceptado: 09 feb 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0009

Palabras claveVirtual reality, augmented reality, realism, fictionalism, structuralism

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
Virtual reality, augmented reality, realism, fictionalism, structuralism