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Title: From Ancient Cave to Virtual Cave: Metaverse
Authors: Avcı, Ergun
Keywords: Allegory of the cave
ancient cave
virtual cave
reality
appearance
metaverse
Publisher: Beytulhikme Felsefe Cevresi
Abstract: As much as reality itself, its reflections and appearances have taken a significant place in philosophical discussions. While Plato's Allegory of the Cave is one of the first of these discussions, the philosophy of the virtual shows the final state of these discussions today. The virtual cave is the modern-day version of Plato's cave. Appearances in Plato's cave have their own mode of existence, and likewise, virtual objects in the virtual cave have their own mode of existence. There are many philosophical similarities between the ancient cave and the vir-tual cave. So much so that, according to the first, the shadows in the cave are a different view of reality, while according to the second, the virtual images in the virtual cave are another view of reality. The philosophy of the ancient cave and virtual cave esŞentially point to the debates about what the nature of reality is. The ontological and epistemic dimensions of appearance and virtual image lead us to the discussion about the nature and whatness of reality. The most common and advanced virtual cave today is the metaverse. Metaverse consists of virtual communities that combine the reality of the physical world with the reality of the virtual world and are open to all kinds of manipulations.
URI: https://doi.org/10.29288/beytulhikme.65747
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/50465
ISSN: 1303-8303
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WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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