This conference will depart from and engage with Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy, by David Chalmers. Speakers will address the enduring problems of philosophy as they arise in connection with virtual worlds. It will focus on the following themes?

Can we know that we are not living in a computer simulation?
Are virtual objects and virtual worlds real?
What is our thought and talk about if we are living in a simulated world?
Can one’s life have value in a virtual reality?

Speakers
David Chalmers, New York University
Gustaf Arrhenius, The Institute for Futures Studies
Krister Bykvist, Stockholm University and the Institute for Futures Studies
Herman Cappelen, Hong Kong University and the University of Oslo
Anandi Hattiangadi, Stockholm University
Grace Helton, Princeton University
Jessica Pepp, Uppsala University
Rachel Sterken, Hong Kong University and the University of Oslo
Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, San Jose State University
Nathan Wildman, Tilburg University

Brought to you by: Stockholm University & the Institute for Futures Studies
To attend: please register at www.iffs.se/realityplus