VIDEO GAMES AND PHILOSOPHY: BEYOND TRANSHUMANISM: VIRTUAL LIVES AND THE REINVENTION OF HUMANITY
Esther Sánchez González
From Aristotle to Resident Evil, an original essay that brings together philosophy, video games, and transhumanism to reflect on some of the major challenges of the present and the future.
Like Roy Batty, the Nexus-6 replicant from the unforgettable Blade Runner, video games have also allowed us to “see things you people wouldn’t believe”: from facing hordes of zombies to embarking on unimaginable adventures in ancient Persia or enjoying a virtual life through our avatar. But beyond being a gigantic entertainment industry, could video games open up new horizons for philosophy?
That is precisely the thesis explored in this book by philosopher and gamer Esther Sánchez González. Video games allow us to create new environments and worlds that affect the interactions between the biological and virtual body, thus shaping a new frontier for transhumanist thought and human enhancement. Through them, we experience new ways of being, existing, and interacting, forcing us to rethink what we understand by existence and experience. This transformative potential raises new moral dilemmas, making it necessary to develop a responsible ethics to guide the relationship between the human and the virtual.
Among zombies, artificial intelligences, human enhancement, and hybrid worlds, this essay offers a critical and deeply contemporary perspective on the relationship between technology and the human condition. Because perhaps the monsters of the present no longer exist solely in fiction, but also in the future we are building.
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PUBLICATION DETAILS
LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
Spanish | Paperback | 9788413617916 | 2026 | 176 | |
Spanish | eBook | 9788413617923 | 2026 | 182 |
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Video Games and Philosophy: Beyond Transhumanism: Virtual Lives and the Reinvention of Humanity
Videojuegos y Filosofía: Más Allá del Transhumanismo: Vidas Virtuales y la Reinvención de lo Humano
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