Research On Pierre Levy's Virtual Philosophy Thoughts

The virtual world produced by computer network causes people's ideological, life style and behaviors had a deeply transform. In the sight of philosophy research, the ontology, epistemology and methodology have a significant impact in the virtual world of computer networks. Pierre Levy as an important contemporary philosophy of virtual researchers, whose major works have been translated into over 7 languages, and published in dozens of countries. Especially in the cross-disciplinary thinking of cyberculture and collective intelligence, as a top scholar of virtual philosophy, Levy is the linchpin of social, economic, communication and other areas of cross-disciplinary research. In this condition. I believe the introduction and research of Levy's virtual philosophy will bring the Chinese virtual philosophy researchers new ways of thinking and viewing angle, to promote our philosophy researches into a interdisciplinary fields.This paper studies the books and articles of virtual philosophy by Pierre Levy, to grasps the main thought and logical organization of him. After systematically analysis, to elaborate the main virtual philosophy thought of Levy in a appropriate logical framework. I rearranging and discussing Levy's virtual philosophy thoughts in the logical framework:philosophy essence-- sociological phenomenon-- interdisciplinary application. The paper introduced Levy's ontological thought of virtual reality and its significance; analyzed Levy's research results in cyberculture and its development; elaborated Levy's philosophy understanding of collective intelligence and its application methods. After made reorganization and induction to these contents, the paper quoted the present work and its development prospects by Pierre Levy.In ontological thought of virtual reality. Levy thinks virtual is a kind of being other than possibility,reality and actuality. Also he gives a detailed analysis about the transformation between these four concepts. In cyberculture analysis, Levy discussed the basic technology structure,essential attribute and its characteristics of cyberculture. And at the last, he explained the close contact between cyberculture and collective intelligence. In the part of collective intelligence, this paper mainly introduces the definition and the development course of it. And then gives a detailed description of the important significance collective intelligence has in human culture development. Finally, after summarized Pierre Levy's virtual philosophy thoughts, the paper introduced the latest work of Levy in applied research of collective intelligence: IEML...