1st Edition

Philosophy Through Video Games

By Jon Cogburn, Mark Silcox Copyright 2009
212 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

How can Wii Sports teach us about metaphysics? Can playing World of Warcraft lead to greater self-consciousness? How can we learn about aesthetics, ethics and divine attributes from Zork , Grand Theft Auto , and Civilization ? A variety of increasingly sophisticated video games are rapidly overtaking books, films, and television as America's most popular form of media entertainment. It... Read more

1 The Game inside the Mind, the Mind inside the Game (The Nintendo Wii Gaming Console)

2 I, Player: The Puzzle of Personal Identity (MMORPGS and Virtual Communities)

3 Artificial and Human Intelligence (Single-Player RPGs)

4 The Metaphysics of Interactive Art (Puzzle and Adventure Games)

5 Do Video Games Make us Evil? (First-Person Shooters)

6 Games and God’s Goodness (World-Builder and Tycoon Games)

7 Epilogue: Video Games and the Meaning of Life

Biography

Jon Cogburn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University.  Mark Silcox is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma.