| Description |
xii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I, player : the puzzle of personal identity (MMORPGS and virtual communities) -- The game inside the mind, the mind inside the game (The Nintendo Wii gaming console) -- "Realistic blood and gore" : do violent games make violent gamers? (first-person shooters) -- Games and God's goodness (world-builder and tycoon games) -- The metaphysics of interactive art (puzzle and adventure games) -- Artificial and human intelligence (single-player RPGs) -- Epilogue: Video games and the meaning of life |
| Summary |
"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-190) and index |
| Subject |
Video games -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Silcox, Mark.
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| LC no. |
2008030918 |
| ISBN |
9780415988575 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415988578 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780415988582 paperback alkaline paper |
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0415988586 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780415997584 ebook |
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0415997585 e-book |
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