
Reality+
Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
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Grant Cartwright
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 gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be in a virtual world already.
Along the way, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of big ideas in philosophy and science. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. How do we know that there’s an external world? Is there a god? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? How can we lead a good life? All of these questions are illuminated or transformed by Chalmers’ mind-bending analysis.
Reality+ is a major statement that will shape discussion of philosophy, science, and technology for years to come.
©2022 by David J. Chalmers. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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Highly recommended.
Thought-provoking and rigorous
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Thought-provoking and persuasive
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Misread several words?
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The Virtual World
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the only part I struggled with was the large amounts of time thay were used to talk about philosophical play on words and all of their iterations. I would have liked to hear more about anything versus iterating of different hypothesis where the end point could have been made in a few paragraphs instead of using multiple chapters.
Still, it is worth the read, and I would but it again, even if you decide to skip a few chapters.
Great book, but a little heavy with play on words
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He then introduces increasingly unrelated and painfully basic philosophy 101 concepts, somewhat adjacent pop-culture explorations, and uncritically presents other peoples tangentially related ideas without much interaction with his own ideas — stretching a few page idea well past its natural limits into a full sized book the editor no doubt required of him to justify a full sized price tag.
A book that could have been an email
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Thorough and balanced analysis
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But why does the reader not know how to pronounce names of philosophers and other thinkers?! Descartes must be turning in his grave every time this guys says Dekartz. Ugh. Very frustrating.
The reader butchers every single name!
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Unveiling a Deeper Nature of Reality!
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Relevant and Stimulating
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