Experience Machines: The Philosophy of Virtual Worlds - Paperback

by Mark Silcox (Editor)

In his classic work Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick asked his readers to imagine being permanently plugged into a 'machine that would give you any experience you desired'. The authors in this volume re-evaluate the merits of Nozick's argument, and use it to examine subsequent developments in culture and technology.

Author Biography

Mark Silcox is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is co-author of Philosophy through Video Games (2008), co-editor of Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom (2012), and author of several works of science fiction. He is a regular contributor to the philosophy blog Philosophical Percolations (www.philpercs.com) and President of the Southwestern Philosophical Society.