Olav Asheim

Base

Country

Norway

Institutional affiliation

University of Oslo

Title

Professor

Research interests relevant to game philosophy

I am specially interested in the ontological problems that arise in connection with computer games (the reality status of members of the inventory of a computer game, avatars included) and how they relate to ethical problems.

Publications and presentations relevant to game philosophy

– Presentations at the Philosophy of Computer Games conference in Reggio Emilia 2007 and the conference in Oslo 2009.
– Publication:
“Reality, Pretense, and the Ludic Parenthesis”. In John Richard Sageng; Tarjei Mandt Larsen & Hallvard Fossheim (eds.), The Philosophy of Computer Games. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media 2012

Keywords

Purely intentional objects, fictional and ludic realism.

Name

Olav Asheim

Background

Philosophy