康德与元宇宙

Kant and the Metaverse

康德对现象界/物自身的区分中隐藏着元宇宙的哲学奥秘。基于兰顿和查尔默斯对康德先验观念论的认知结构实在论(ESR)解读,现象界关乎事物的关系性质,物自身关乎事物的内在性质。这意味着,实在的关系性质或元宇宙的物理学结构是可知的,而其内在性质或元-宇宙的物理学结构是不可知的。“元宇宙→现实世界→元-宇宙→本体世界”的模拟链条连接了元宇宙与物自身。对认知结构实在论的“平原景观”和“山地景观”的区分,为我们理解康德与元宇宙提供了一个实现双向阐释的全新视角:元宇宙的模拟假说契合于认知结构实在论者的口号“一切源于结构,结构源于X”,而这里的“X”正是康德的物自身。最后我们回应了一些重要的批评意见。

The philosophical secret of the metaverse is hidden in Kant s distinction between the phenomenal world and Ding an sich.According to Langton and Chalmers epistemic structural realistic(ESR)interpretation of Kant s transcendental ideology,the phenomenal world is related to the relational nature of things,and Ding an sich is related to the internal nature of things.This means that the real relational nature or the physical structure of the metaverse is knowable,while its intrinsic nature or the physical structure of the meta-universe is not.The simulation chain of the metaverse→the real world→the meta-universe→the?noumenal?world”connects the metaverse and Ding an sich.The distinction between“flatland landscape”and“mountain landscape”of ESR provides a new perspective and dual interpretation for us to understand both Kant and the metaverse:the simulation hypothesis of the metaverse corresponds to the slogan of“all originates from the structure while the structure originates from X”in the cognition of the structural realists,while“X”here is Kant s Ding an sich.Finally,we have responded to some major criticisms.