Reality Chalmers

'Everyone should read this important book' Josh Glancy, Sunday Times

A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it.

Does technology change who we are, and if so, in what ways? Can humanity transcend physical bodies and spaces? Will AI and genetic engineering help us reach new heights or will they unleash dystopias? How do we face mortality, our own and that of our warming planet? Questions like these—which are only growing more urgent—can be answered only by drawing on different kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing. They challenge us to bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities and bring together perspectives that are too often kept apart.