Conceptualization of virtual reality in the history of philosophy: introduction to world-virtual analysis

Abstract

The article considers the interpretation of the concept of «virtuality» in the context of the search for common ground between philosophy and the expanding field of virtual reality research.

Based on the thesis of one of the most popular among modern people, David Chalmers, who, in turn, defined virtuality as «Reality +», that is, as «real» reality or real realities, the article sets the task of conceptualizing this concept based on a brief overview of the history of philosophy. The development of modern information technologies makes the phenomenon of «virtual reality» attributable to almost any representative technology.

Within the framework of modern culture, the term «virtual reality», used by Geron Lanier in the 80s. 20th century to identify technologies that effectively mimic being in an artificially created environment, which has become associated precisely with computers that give rise to the idea of cyberculture. Thus, despite the wide interdisciplinary context, the study of the ultimate reality as a sign system, to which the relativizing conclusion is applicable, is relevant. From this point of view, appearance in this work changes as a specific form or aspect of the activity of consciousness, felt by emotions through human senses. of the occurrence of this disease in humans, the course and outcome of the situation are no longer often met with restrictions, and human control over the technological situation is required. The measure of reality in the real world can be defined specifically for ontological concepts. The article shows what follows from the understanding that the most fundamental ontological categories, for example, reality, levels and forms of being, etc. socially constructed, within the framework of the modern information society, the transition from material to representational technologies has important consequences for our ontological representations.

Key words: virtual reality, ontology, philosophy of consciousness, information technology, being, representation.