What can a video game teach us about our epistemic philosophy? In episode 93, Luke Cuddy from Southwestern College’s philosophy program talks with us about the video game The Witness, which presents players with a multitude of increasingly sophisticated and frustrating puzzles that perhaps result from the theory of knowledge it reflects. His chapter “The Witness as Philosophy: How Knowledge Is Constructed,” was published on July 21, 2020 in The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy.
Websites and other resources
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- Luke’s blog, YouTube channel, and Medium site
- Luke’s book Legend of Zelda and Philosophy
- Jonathan Blow’s blog
- Adam Ruins Everything: Game Designer Jonathan Blow Unpacks ‘The Witness’
- The Witness (official website)
- In-game video of The Witness:
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Hosts / Producers
Doug Leigh & Ryan Watkins
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Music
What’s The Angle? by Shane Ivers
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