David is a philosopher at New York University. He is Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. He is also Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University and co-director of the PhilPapers Foundation. He is interested in the philosophy of mind (especially consciousness) and the foundations of cognitive science, physics, and technology, as well as the philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology, and many other areas. He has written multiple books including “The Conscious Mind” and “Constructing the World” and recently “Reality+”.
Could we be living in the matrix? Could we live a meaningful life in the metaverse? Is virtual reality genuine reality? Could an AI system be conscious? What is the nature of our reality? Reality+ is the name that David Chalmers gave for the universe of virtual and nonvirtual worlds. You can think of Reality+ as physical reality combined with the metaverse of augmented and virtual realities, perhaps along with a multiverse of alternative realities, simulated and otherwise. The central idea of his new book is that virtual reality is genuine reality and that this applies both to full-scale simulated universes, such as the Matrix, and to the more realistic virtual worlds of the coming metaverse. Indeed, this sounds as puzzling as fascinating, and you will not be disappointed. David Chalmers makes use of the concept of virtual worlds to introduce and address some of the oldest and deepest problems in philosophy. Is there a God? What is the relationship between mind and body? What is reality? How can we lead a good life? How can we build a just society? Thinking about virtual worlds illuminates all of these questions, and transforms some of them. Along the way, you’ll receive an introduction to many areas of philosophy.
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11 ноя 2023
