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==Author William Gibson coins the term Cyberspace in 1982== | ==Author William Gibson coins the term Cyberspace in 1982== | ||
The word "cyberspace" (from cybernetics and space) was coined by science fiction author [[William Gibson]] in his 1982 story "Burning Chrome," and popularized by his 1984 novel Neuromancer. Gibson also coined the phrase [[Meatspace]] to denote the physical world, contrasted with Cyberspace. The paragraph from Neuromancer usually cited is the following: | The word "cyberspace" (from cybernetics and space) was coined by science fiction author [[William Gibson]] in his 1982 story "Burning Chrome," and popularized by his 1984 novel Neuromancer. Gibson also coined the phrase [[Meatspace]] to denote the physical world, contrasted with Cyberspace. The paragraph from Neuromancer usually cited is the following: | ||
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In contemporary theory the illusion of Cyberspace is explored in the [[Brain in a Vat]] concept. David Deutsch in The Fabric of Reality employs virtual reality in various thought experiments. Philip Zhai in Get Real: A Philosophical Adventure in Virtual Reality connects cyberspace to the platonic tradition, imagining a nation in which everyone is hooked up from birth to a virtual reality infrastructure, and observing: "Immersed in cyberspace and maintaining their life by teleoperation, they have never imagined that life could be any different from that." This [[Brain in a Vat]] argument conflates cyberspace with reality, while the more common descriptions of cyberspace contrast it with the "real world". | In contemporary theory the illusion of Cyberspace is explored in the [[Brain in a Vat]] concept. David Deutsch in The Fabric of Reality employs virtual reality in various thought experiments. Philip Zhai in Get Real: A Philosophical Adventure in Virtual Reality connects cyberspace to the platonic tradition, imagining a nation in which everyone is hooked up from birth to a virtual reality infrastructure, and observing: "Immersed in cyberspace and maintaining their life by teleoperation, they have never imagined that life could be any different from that." This [[Brain in a Vat]] argument conflates cyberspace with reality, while the more common descriptions of cyberspace contrast it with the "real world". | ||
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| + | ==Related Terms== | ||
| + | *[[Cybernetics]] | ||
| + | *[[Cybernaut]] | ||
| + | *[[Cyborg]] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberspace | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberspace | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-in-a-vat | ||
[[Category:Cyberspace]] | [[Category:Cyberspace]] | ||
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