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Simulated Selves
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Author : Andrew Spira
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Simulated Selves written by Andrew Spira and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with Philosophy categories.
The notion of a personal self took centuries to evolve, reaching the pinnacle of autonomy with Descartes' 'I think, therefore I am' in the 17th century. This 'personalisation' of identity thrived for another hundred years before it began to be questioned, subject to the emergence of broader, more inclusive forms of agency. Simulated Selves: The Undoing Personal Identity in the Modern World addresses the 'constructed' notion of personal identity in the West and how it has been eclipsed by the development of new technological, social, art historical and psychological infrastructures over the last two centuries. While the provisional nature of the self-sense has been increasingly accepted in recent years, Simulated Selves addresses it in a new way - not by challenging it directly, but by observing changes to the environments and cultural conventions that have traditionally supported it. By narrating both its dismantling and its incapacitation in this way, it records its undoing. Like The Invention of the Self: Personal Identity in the Age of Art (to which it forms a companion volume), Simulated Selves straddles cultural history and philosophy. Firstly, it identifies hitherto neglected forces that inform the course of cultural history. Secondly, it highlights how the self is not the self-authenticating abstraction, only accessible to introspection, that it seems to be; it is also a cultural and historical phenomenon. Arguing that it is by engaging in cultural conventions that we subscribe to the process of identity-formation, the book also suggests that it is in these conventions that we see our self-sense - and its transience - best reflected. By examining the traces that the trajectory of the self-sense has left in its environment, Simulated Selves offers a radically new approach to the question of personal identity, asking not only 'how and why is it under threat?' but also 'given that we understand the self-sense to be a constructed phenomenon, why do we cling to it?'.
Virtual Selves Real Persons
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Author : Richard S. Hallam
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-19
Virtual Selves Real Persons written by Richard S. Hallam and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-19 with Philosophy categories.
This book looks at how to define persons and selves and the ways in which different disciplines have dealt with this topic.
The Simulated Multiverse
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Author : Rizwan Virk
language : en
Publisher: Bayview Books, LLC
Release Date : 2021-10-15
The Simulated Multiverse written by Rizwan Virk and has been published by Bayview Books, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with Computers categories.
Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory. If we are living in a digital universe, then many of the complexities and baffling characteristics of our reality start to make more sense. Quantum computing lets us simulate complex phenomena in parallel, allowing the simulation to explore many realities at once to find the most "optimum" path forward. Could this explain not only the enigmatic Mandela Effect but provide us with a new understanding of time and space? Bringing his unique trademark style of combining video games, computer science, quantum physics and computing with lots of philosophy and science fiction, Virk gives us a new way to think about not just our universe, but all possible realities!
The Virtual Self
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Author : Ben Agger
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
The Virtual Self written by Ben Agger and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Social Science categories.
The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication needs. In doing so, it addresses major issues in sociology that inform virtually all of a student’s course work. Introduces students to concepts of the self and society in an age of rapid technology and high speed communication Examines the relationship between everyday life and social structure in key domains of communication, personality, work/family, leisure and entertainment, and economics Written in a lively, engaging style for readers without a sociological background
Virtual Identities
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Author : Caroline Maun
language : en
Publisher: Ewu Press
Release Date : 2009-06-01
Virtual Identities written by Caroline Maun and has been published by Ewu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-01 with Computers categories.
Each essay in Virtual Identity explores a different facet of online identities: those personae adapted, imposed, or suggested by computer games, email, chat rooms, blogs, instant messaging software, or other online sites.--Anthony Flinn, Eastern Washington University
Disability Identity In Simulation Narratives
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Author : Anelise Haukaas
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2024-01-22
Disability Identity In Simulation Narratives written by Anelise Haukaas and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives considers the relationship between disability identity and simulation activities (ranging from traditional gameplay to more revolutionary technology) in contemporary science fiction. Anelise Haukaas applies posthumanist theory to an examination of disability identity in a variety of science fiction texts: adult novels, young adult literature and comics, as well as ethnographic research with gamers. Haukaas argues that instead of being a means of escapism, simulated experiences are a valuable tool for cultivating self-acceptance and promoting empathy. Through increasingly accessible technology and innovative gameplay, traditional hierarchies are dismantled, and different ways of being are both explored and validated. Ultimately, the book aims to expand our understandings of disability, performance, and self-creation in significant ways by exploring the boundless selves that the simulated environments in these texts allow.
Simulacra And Simulation
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Author : Jean Baudrillard
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1994
Simulacra And Simulation written by Jean Baudrillard and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art categories.
Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body.
Haydn S Dictionary Of Popular Medicine And Hygiene Comprising All Possible Self Aids In Accidents And Disease Edited By E Lankester Etc
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Author : Edwin Lankester
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
Haydn S Dictionary Of Popular Medicine And Hygiene Comprising All Possible Self Aids In Accidents And Disease Edited By E Lankester Etc written by Edwin Lankester and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Hygiene categories.
Virtual Subjects Fugitive Selves
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Author : Jonardon Ganeri
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2021-01-19
Virtual Subjects Fugitive Selves written by Jonardon Ganeri and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-19 with Philosophy categories.
This book explores philosophical themes to do with self and subjectivity from the work of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa, best known for the uncategorizable collection of fragmentary writings, in various personae, published as The Book of Disquiet in 1982, forty-seven years after the author's death.
Boundaries Of Self And Reality Online
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Author : Jayne Gackenbach
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2017-03-01
Boundaries Of Self And Reality Online written by Jayne Gackenbach and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-01 with Psychology categories.
As technology continues to rapidly advance, individuals and society are profoundly changed. So too are the tools used to measure this universe and, therefore, our understanding of reality improves. Boundaries of Self and Reality Online examines the idea that technological advances associated with the Internet are moving us in multiple domains toward various "edges." These edges range from self, to society, to relationships, and even to the very nature of reality. Boundaries are dissolving and we are redefining the elements of identity. The book begins with explorations of the digitally constructed self and the relationship between the individual and technological reality. Then, the focus shifts to society at large and includes a contribution from Chinese researchers about the isolated Chinese Internet. The later chapters of the book explore digital reality at large, including discussions on virtual reality, Web consciousness, and digital physics. Cyberpsychology architecture Video games as a tool for self-understanding Avatars and the meaning behind them Game transfer phenomena A Jungian perspective on technology Politics of social media The history and science of video game play Transcendent virtual reality experiences The theophoric quality of video games