The Experience Machine

Bramble, Ben

doi:10.1111/phc3.12303

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“…For getting such experience one has to hock up his head by wires with that virtual machine. 15 The scientists are quite capable for giving exactly the same feeling of all human pleasures.…”

Section: Common Feature Of Happiness: Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Philosophical Search for Happiness: An Enigma or Reality?

Alam

2023

Philos. Prog.

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In philosophy happiness occupies a dominant position. From the beginning of philosophy, we find the scholarly engagement of philosophers in search of happiness for human being. It is actually a perennial search of mankind throughout history. My attempt in this paper is to become a part of that august journey. I will try to focus some points in my paper. At first, I will try to give an analytic presentation about the nature of happiness with references to different philosophers and philosophical schools. In this part I will attempt to find out the root causes of the changing patterns of happiness by maintaining a chronological order. In the next part I will try to depict some significant debates regarding the pursuit of happiness. The question of enigma and reality will be dealt here in a comparative fashion. And finally, I will try to give some recommendations and suggestions for a happy life.As this is a qualitative work, here I confine myself within some relevant textbooks of philosophy and recent research articles on the pursuit of happiness. Content analysis, comparative discussion with a critical outlook and philosophical speculation will be within the research methodology of the paper. Philosophy and Progress, Vol#71-72; No#1-2; Jan-Dec 2022 P 129-151

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“…For getting such experience one has to hock up his head by wires with that virtual machine. 15 The scientists are quite capable for giving exactly the same feeling of all human pleasures.…”

Section: Common Feature Of Happiness: Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Philosophical Search for Happiness: An Enigma or Reality?

Alam

2023

Philos. Prog.

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“…Experience Machine thought experiment -highlights the basic problem (Nozick 1974;1989;Bramble 2016). In that thought experiment, Nozick asks us to imagine that we have the option of plugging ourselves into an experience machine -i.e.…”

Section: One Of the Most Famous Thought Experiments In Philosophy -Ro...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Reality and the Meaning of Life

Danaher

2022

The Oxford Handbook of Meaning in Life

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It is commonly assumed that a virtual life would be less meaningful (perhaps even meaningless). As virtual reality technologies develop and become more integrated into everyday lives, this poses a challenge for those who care about meaning in life. In this chapter, it is argued that the common assumption about meaninglessness and virtuality is mistaken. After clarifying the distinction between two different visions of virtual reality, four arguments are presented for thinking that meaning is possible in virtual reality. Following this, four objections are discussed and rebutted. The chapter concludes that we can be cautiously optimistic about the possibility of meaning in virtual worlds.

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“…Most people (about 80%) prefer to stay in the real world (De Brigard, 2010; Hindriks & Douven, 2018). This thought experiment was long considered by some philosophers to constitute a clear counterexample to mental state theories of well-being (Bramble, 2016). If people don’t want to plug in, it must be that they think that there is more to a good life than experiencing certain mental states.…”

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How to Study Well-Being: A Proposal for the Integration of Philosophy With Science

Prinzing

2021

Review of General Psychology

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There are presently two approaches to the study of well-being. Philosophers typically focus on normative theorizing, attempting to identify the things that are ultimately good for a person, while largely ignoring empirical research. The idea is that empirical attention cannot be directed to the right place without a rigorous theory. Meanwhile, social scientists typically focus on empirical research, attempting to identify the causes and consequences of well-being, while largely ignoring normative theorizing. The idea is that conceptual and theoretical clarity will come with time and more data. This article argues that neither is a good approach to the study of well-being. The traditional philosophical approach underappreciates the vital importance of empirical investigation, whereas the atheoretical empirical approach underappreciates the vital importance of normative theorizing. The proposed solution is to bring these methods together. Well-being research should be interdisciplinary. The article proposes a “conceptual engineering” approach as a novel alternative. This approach involves an iterative process of normative theorizing, empirical investigation, and conceptual revision, with the aim of articulating concepts and theories of well-being that optimally suit particular interests and purposes.

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The Experience Machine

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

A Philosophical Search for Happiness: An Enigma or Reality?

A Philosophical Search for Happiness: An Enigma or Reality?

Virtual Reality and the Meaning of Life

How to Study Well-Being: A Proposal for the Integration of Philosophy With Science

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