Métaphysique Et Philosophie De La Connaissance

Claudine TiercelinMétaphysique et philosophie de la connaissanceAnnée 2022-2023Colloque - Virtual and Augmented Realities: Epistemological and Metaphysical Issues : Virtual Reality and the Metaverse: Ontology and EthicsIntervenant(s)Philip Brey, University of TwenteRésuméIn this presentation, I will do an ontological analysis of virtual reality, which will form the basis for an ethical analysis. I will present an analysis of what I call virtual ontology: the ontology of virtual environments and the actions and events that take place in them. I will make the case that a key virtual ontology is to distinguish with entities in virtual environments are ontologically real and which are mere simulations. I will argue for the ontological reality of several classes of entities in virtual environments, while denying the reality of others. This ontological analysis will then form the basis for a metaethical analysis of virtual environments, which aims to determine which ethical issues that we know from the physical wor