The Virtual As The Real: Ontological Considerations on the Real and the Virtual in the Light of Classical Theism

It is a widespread view that a virtual digitally designed world is less real than ordinary physically constituted reality. In this paper I will defend the thesis that this view is wrong. A virtual world is as real as the material world – the main difference concerns the ontological structure of each...

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Main Author: Gasser, Georg 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Italian
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Published: Morcelliana [2020]
In: Hermeneutica
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Pages: 43-60
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Theism
B Fictionalism
B Ontology
B Virtual Reality