Second Call for Papers
for Philosophy & Technology’s special issue on Philosophy of
Computer Games (revised version)
GUEST EDITORS
Patrick Coppock, Olli Leino, Anita Leirfall
INTRODUCTION
Over the last decade, computer games have received growing
attention from academic fields as diverse as engineering, literary studies,
sociology and learning studies. The international gamephilosophy initiative (http://www.gamephilosophy.org) aims to broaden the scope of this effort by
facilitating discussion of philosophical issues emergent on our growing
engagement with computer games. In doing so, we want to contribute to our own
understandings of this phenomenon and to the establishment of a new philosophical
focus area: the philosophy of
computer games, capable of taking its place alongside analogous areas such
as the philosophy of film and the philosophy of literature. The initiative is
the result of a seminar held in 2005, after Filosofisk Prosjektsenter,
Oslo and the Department of
Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of
Oslo, contacted Center for Computer
Games Research at the IT-University
of Copenhagen about organizing a workshop on philosophical problems linked to
games research. Since then, an expanding group of partners have been involved
in the effort.
CALL
Following the Sixth International Conference on the
Philosophy of Computer Games in
Madrid, Spain from 29th to 31st January 2012 (http://2012.gamephilosophy.org/),
organized by ArsGames (http://www.arsgames.net/), a special issue of Springer’s Philosophy & Technology journal (http://www.springer.com/13347) is now being planned. It will contain a
selection of recently revised, peer reviewed articles from the Philosophy of
Computer Games international conference series. Previous conferences in the
series have been held in Copenhagen, Reggio Emilia, Potsdam, Oslo & Athens.
• Authors who have presented a paper at a Philosophy of
Computer Games conference are invited to submit an original, recently revised,
version of their paper.
• Other interested authors are invited to submit original papers of 3000-8000 words
related to the topics mentioned below.
• All submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed
according to usual standards.
• Papers submitted for this Call must not have been published
previously in academic journals or article collections, including proceedings
of the 2008 and 2009 Philosophy of Computer Games conferences online or in
print with ISSN/ISBN codes. However, submissions may be new elaborations of ideas previously developed in such publications, as
long as they represent new, original papers.
TOPICS
Computer games and conceptions of reality; ontological status of game objects
and events; computer game entities, metaphysical issues; epistemological
foundations of game studies; player identity, perceptual experience; ethical and
political issues in game design and consumption; experiential,
interactional, cognitive dimensions of gameplay; ethical responsibilities of
game-makers; ethical norms in gaming contexts; the “magic circle” of games and
actions/interactions transcending it; fictionality and interaction; defining computer games; player-avatar identity;
player identity and conceptions of self; identity and immersion; imagination and interpretation; world, space and experience;
technology, process, experience; time experience in gameplay; embodiment,
emotion and player experience; aesthetics, ethics and player experience,
“gamification”.
TIMETABLE
September 15th 2012: Deadline papers submissions
December 15th 2012: Deadline reviews papers
February 15th 2013: Deadline revised papers
Summer 2013: Publication of the special issue
SUBMISSION DETAILS
To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal’s
Editorial Manager (EM) http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/
Authors must select article type: "SI on PCG” from the
pull-down list during the submission process.
This is necessary for assignment of submissions to Guest
Editors.
Submissions will be assessed according to the following
procedure:
New Submissions > Journal Editorial Office > Guest
Editors > Reviewers > Reviewers’ recommendations > Guest Editors’
recommendations > Editor-in-Chief’s final decision > Author Notification
of Decision
The process will be reiterated in case of requests for
revisions.
For any further information please contact:
Patrick Coppock patrick.coppock@unimore.it
Anita Leirfall anita.leirfall@umb.no
Olli Leino otleino@cityu.edu.hk
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