Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual

Download or read book Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual written by Keith Ansell-Pearson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-08-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the development of new technologies and the Internet, the notion of the virtual has grown increasingly important. In this lucid collection of essays, Pearson bridges the continental-analytic divide in philosophy, bringing the virtual to centre stage and arguing its importance for re-thinking such central philosophical questions as time and life. Drawing on philosophers from Bergson, Kant and Nietzsche to Proust, Russell, Dennett and Badiou, Pearson examines the limits of continuity, explores relativity, and offers a concept of creative evolution.