Time The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Time has been studied by philosophers and scientists for 2,500 years, and it is much better understood today than long ago. Nevertheless, many questions remain to be resolved. Philosophers discuss whether time travel is possible; whether time had a beginning; whether time is an objective feature of reality or only a product of subjective experience; and whether it is sensible to speak of time flowing. A Location called Cyberspace by Samantha Longoni We are living in a world that is loosing each day its consistency, a world which appears to play with our senses and our judgments, hiding its real nature. A world in which we can determine "what it looks like", but not "what it is." We know that everything, starting from sensorial stimuli, which transforms into mental models produces the "idea of reality," is of our invention, creation, artifice; what presents itself to our eyes as reality, is constructed owing to the interaction between external stimuli, previous cultural sedimentation, science, technology, and society. Our reality is a generated reality that shares the characteristics of the "artificial". Philosophical Assumptions of Cyberspace by Samuel Ebersole Early Philosophers of Technology by Samuel Ebersole

What is Cyberspace? by David G.W. Birch & S. Peter Buck Cyberspace is an extension of the idea of virtual reality. Instead of seeing computer data converted into pictures that come from human experience (as in a flight simulator), or extensions from human experience (such as the "desktop" metaphor used with personal computers), cyberspace comprises computers, telecommunications, software and data in a more abstract form. At the core of cyberspace is the matrix or the Net: "The Net... joins all of the computers and telephones on Earth. Cyberspace as Utopia by adrian mihalache The creation of cyberspace was accompanied by a surge of enthusiasm, which soon found romantic expression outlets. John Perry Barlow's Cyberspace Declaration of Independence reels with prophetic overtones: "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us..." To be in touch or not? Some remarks on communication in virtual environments by Barbara Becker At a first glance, text-based communication in virtual environments, i.e. in MUDs and MOOs, is characterized by an absence of the physical body. In fact, the possibility to escape from the own body seems to be one of the main motivational factors to participate in virtual spaces. Even if we agree that the body is still there as a social and discoursive construct, we have to admit that the sense of embodiment in virtual environments is an entirely constructed feeling, coming mainly from our consciousness and not from our physical and sensual impressions.