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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826878703321

Autore

Olshin Benjamin B.

Titolo

Deciphering reality : simulations, tests, and designs / / by Benjamin B. Olshin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-35307-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Value Inquiry Book Series. Cognitive Science, , 0929-8436 ; ; Volume 307

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Reality

Methodology

Philosophy, Modern - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

IntroductionReality as a Problem -- Reality as a Simulation -- Reality to the Test -- Reality by Design -- Reality for the Daoists -- Reality in Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In Deciphering Reality: Simulations, Tests, and Designs , Benjamin B. Olshin takes a problem-based approach to the question of the nature of reality. In a series of essays, the book examines the detection of computer simulations from the inside, wrestles with the problem of visual models of reality, explores Daoist conceptions of reality, and offers possible future directions for deciphering reality. The ultimate goal of the book is to provide a more accessible approach, unlike highly complex philosophical works on metaphysics, which are inaccessible to non-academic readers, and overly abstract (and at times, highly speculative) popular works that offer a mélange of physics, philosophy, and consciousness.