IntroductionThe purpose
of the conference is to initiate an investigation into how current research on
computer games touches upon philosophical issues. In line with this purpose,
the conference is interdisciplinary, drawing together researchers from very
diverse fields: philosophy, computer game-theory, semiotics, aesthetics,
sociology, psychology, and anthropology. The conference is the second international instalment of The Third Place, an ongoing project on philosophical problems arising from the increasing cultural/societal significance of computer games. The first instalment of the project, the conference “The Third Place: Computer Games and Our Conception of the Real”, was a shared initiative of FPS in Oslo and the Center for Computer Game Research at the IT-University of Copenhagen. That conference took place at the IT-University of Copenhagen on May 20-21, 2005. The
organizing committee consists of the following people: Anita
Leirfall, Ph D. candidate Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art
and Ideas at the University of Oslo Tarjei Mandt
Larsen, Ph. D. candidate Department of Philosophy, University of Tromsø, Norway «back |