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Ontological Issues

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Asheim, Olav. “Reality, Pretense, and the Ludic Parenthesis.” In The Philosophy of Computer Games, edited by John Richard Sageng, Hallvard Fossheim, and Tarjei Mandt Larsen, 233–257. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 7. Springer Netherlands, 2012. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-4249-9_16.

This contribution considers the logical analysis of statements with reference to objects in computer games. It argues against contextualism and defends a form of realism for fictional objects. It relates to the following authors: Peter Ludlow, Espen Aarseth and Roman Ingarden.

Spatiality

Representation and Fiction

Embodiment

Affordances

Ethics

Phenomenology

Player Identity

Avatars

Defining Games or Computer Games

Simulation

test from Andrea

test from John McIntyre