Reality+

Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

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Pub Date 25 Jan 2022 | Archive Date 31 Dec 2021

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A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it.

Virtual reality is genuine reality. That’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers argues that virtual worlds generated by computers are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be living in a computer simulation already—and if we are, that’s not so bad.

What is reality, anyway? How do we know there’s an external world? What’s the relation between mind and body? How can we lead a good life? Is there a god? In Reality+, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of philosophy, using virtual worlds to illuminate all of these questions and to provide new answers to many of them.

Studded with illustrations that bring philosophical issues to life, Reality+ is a major statement that will shape discussion of philosophy and technology for years to come.

About the Author: 

David J. Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is the author of The Conscious Mind, The Character of Consciousness, and Constructing the World.

A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it.

Virtual reality is genuine reality. That’s the central thesis...


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I greatly enjoyed David Chalmers's "Reality+." I felt this was philosophical writing at its best: popularly accessible, engaging for students and professionals, and always, always provocatively argumentative.

Chalmers presents this book as one that you can read out of sequence. He engages with the history of philosophy all the while using VR and the simulation hypothesis to bring it up to date. Chalmers then launches into original philosophy of his own on many fascinating and important subjects.

I'm very glad to have read this book!

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