Surviving the Age of Virtual Reality
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780826212528
Subjects: Impact of computing & IT on society; Internet; Metaphysics & ontology; Social & political philosophy; Modern - 20th Century; Epistemology; Philosophy Of Technology; Philosophy; Social Aspects; History & Surveys - Modern; General; 20th century; Civilization, Modern; Meaning (Philosophy)
Description: "In this book, philosopher Thomas Langan explores "virtual reality" - an inherently contradictory phrase - and the effects of technology on our very being.

In our present-day high-technology environment, making simple, everyday decisions is difficult because the virtual world we've created doesn't necessarily operate according to the old "common sense." To retain our intellectual fitness, we must, Langan argues, consider these essential questions: If virtual reality is, in fact, reality, what is this life that we are caught up in? What is being within the context of virtual reality?

How can we establish a system for distinguishing truth from fiction?"--BOOK JACKET.