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