On the Problem of philosophical understanding of virtual reality

Abstract

The article provides a philosophical and historical analysis of the phenomenon of virtual reality from the standpoint of socio-cultural typology; an attempt is made to identify the specifics of the functioning of alienated reality, to show trends, changes and their features. The features of the philosophical reflection of G. Anders and J. Baudrillard in their relation to the otherness of virtual reality are considered. The article focuses on the identification and reflection of the forms of human alienation in virtual reality. The author of the article pointed out the problems and factors of the loss of individuality, the dominance of virtual communication, and the simplification of personal life. Through the methodological distinction between the concepts of “knowledge” and “information”, the position of the author of the article is presented, according to which the perception of information by a modern person is a phenomenon that is distinguished by ambiguity, reality, specificity of manifestations and is fixed in the concept of “information reality”. The article provides a brief methodological review of the ontological, epistemological, axiological problems of this new kind of reality from the standpoint of philosophy. The scientific position of the author of the article, according to some conclusions, is consistent with post-non-classical philosophy: the recognition of the idea of virtual existence and virtual reality as a special type of worldview, a new reality.