The philosophy of the metaverse

The philosophy of the metaverse

How might we philosophize about the metaverse? It is traditionally held that the four main branches of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and logic. In this article, I shall demonstrate how virtual walt-fictionalism, a particular version of virtual irrealism, is able to offer a stra...

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Main Author: Chen, Melvin
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Metaverse
Virtual Realism
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1710042023-10-14T16:55:46Z The philosophy of the metaverse Chen, Melvin School of Humanities Humanities::Philosophy Metaverse Virtual Realism How might we philosophize about the metaverse? It is traditionally held that the four main branches of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and logic. In this article, I shall demonstrate how virtual walt-fictionalism, a particular version of virtual irrealism, is able to offer a straightforward, internally consistent, and powerful response about the metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology (ethics) of the metaverse. I will first characterize the metaverse in terms of a reality-virtuality (RV) continuum and distinguish between virtual realism and virtual irrealism, before elaborating on the explanatory power and potential of virtual walt-fictionalism relative to the metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology (ethics) of the metaverse. Nanyang Technological University Published version This work was supported by an intramural Nanyang Technological University (CoHASS-NBS) grant. 2023-10-10T04:14:38Z 2023-10-10T04:14:38Z 2023 Journal Article Chen, M. (2023). The philosophy of the metaverse. Ethics and Information Technology, 25(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10676-023-09714-w 1388-1957 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171004 10.1007/s10676-023-09714-w 2-s2.0-85167355435 3 25 en CoHASS-NBS Ethics and Information Technology © The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. application/pdf
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Metaverse
Virtual Realism
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Metaverse
Virtual Realism
Chen, Melvin
The philosophy of the metaverse
description How might we philosophize about the metaverse? It is traditionally held that the four main branches of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and logic. In this article, I shall demonstrate how virtual walt-fictionalism, a particular version of virtual irrealism, is able to offer a straightforward, internally consistent, and powerful response about the metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology (ethics) of the metaverse. I will first characterize the metaverse in terms of a reality-virtuality (RV) continuum and distinguish between virtual realism and virtual irrealism, before elaborating on the explanatory power and potential of virtual walt-fictionalism relative to the metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology (ethics) of the metaverse.
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