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The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real

By William Irwin

Book information

Publisher
Open Court
Year
2002
ISBN
081269502X, 9780812695021, 9780060593438
LCC
PN1997.M395 M38 2002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
866 kB (886555 bytes)
Series
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Pages
320\298
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and Philosophy discuss different facets of the primary philosophical puzzle of The Matrix: Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it? Other chapters address issues of religion, lifestyle, pop culture, the Zeitgeist, the nature of mind and matter, and the reality of fiction.

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