Philip Zhai

Philip Zhai

Philip Zhai also known as Zhai Zhenming (zh-tspw|t=翟振明|s=翟振明|p=Zhái Zhènmíng|w=Chai Chenming, b. 1957) is a philosopher who writes in both English and Chinese.

Zhai is the author of "Get Real: A Philosophical Adventure in Virtual Reality" (1998: Rowman & Littlefield), in which he argues that the logical extreme of virtual reality is ontologically equivalent to actual reality . Zhai also writes about cyberspace in light of its connection to virtual reality. The other book that he's written in English is "The Radical Choice and Moral Theory" (1994: Kluwer).

Zhai began to write philosophy in Chinese in 2000, when he took a professorship in philosophy at Zhongshan University, China. When Richard Rorty visited China in July 2004, Zhai confronted Rorty's neo-pragmatism with his own reciprocal transcendentalism.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3328 Get Real: A Philosophical Adventure in Virtual Reality] — Zhai's Web page


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