What if you could see the future? What if you could see the effects and ramifications of all of your decisions? This paper will focus on the representation of all possible worlds within virtual, video game environments. It makes a strong case for the reestablishment of the humans as phenomenological objects, which rely entirely on a foundational reality that we must incorporate through the use of language. By utilizing Wittgenstein's notions of object necessitated language, as put forth in Kripke's principle of contingent truths operating in all possible worlds, I move beyond the positivistic trappings of the linguistic turn. By making a strong argument for the existence of a foundational ontology and an objectivist epistemic, I can move freely into a deeper discussion of the existence of parallel universes, or "Relative State" Formulations of Quantum Mechanics, first posited by Hugh Everett. By incorporating Gary Saul Morison's treatment of antideterministic, linguistic temporalities, I aim to bring language back into the discursive fold so that we can make suppositions about what benefit we all might gain by seeing the outcome of our choices, singularities on our personal timelines.
Each philosophical and theoretical discussion makes an attempt to get closer to looking inside both of Schrodinger's boxes, at the same time! The translation of a discussion into the digital, new literacy realm is what makes possible the playing out of our thought experiments in the visibly, virtual environment.
Emergent technologies has empowered us in the digital age to outline algorithmic environments that calculate and visually represent the result of our life's decisions.
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Kaleb,
This is an interesting, if somewhat dense and complicated proposal idea. As Jen and I read it, though, we were concerned that it got too far away from the primary subjects of the course. While the ideas mentioned here relate on a philosophical level, they don't directly engage with the texts and conversations we've had this semester. We do want this to be a paper that allows you to investigate your own interests, but our objective here was to have you extend your thinking about the ideas, applications, and/or technologies we have been focused on. Since I'm not very familiar with the writers and theories you highlight, it is difficult for me to offer any more specific advice in how you might pull out some of these concerns in relation to work we've done in the course. Are there any connections you can make between these ideas and our readings/conversations/activities? This can be a theoretical paper, but its concerns should more closely connect to issues we've been discussing. Can you do a little more thinking about this and see if there is a way you can better align your interests with the assignment objectives?
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