Abstract

LOPES, Eduardo Simonini. The reality of the virtual. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2005, vol.11, n.17, pp.96-112. ISSN 1677-1168.

This article aims to debate the concept of the virtual, based on Pierre Lévy’s, Jean Baudrillard’s and Gilles Deleuze’s works. We understand that different proposals for virtual reality arise from each author’s approach. Each one of those proposals opens up the thought to new ways of seeing and manipulating the concept of the virtual. We consider the virtual a de-territorialized entity (Lévy, 1998), perceiving it as a space of potency (Deleuze, 1996). Each approach brings forth a way of thinking. While Lévy conceives of the virtual as the space of representation of human conscience, Deleuze defines it as a dimension of non-representative intensities, promoting continuous difference. Thus, we reflect upon the way some thinkers are working with the concept of the virtual, using it as recognition and ignoring its understanding as potency.

Keywords : The virtual; Invention; Reality.

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