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9780812695021

The Matrix and Philosophy Welcome to the Desert of the Real

by Irwin, William
  • ISBN13:

    9780812695021

  • ISBN10:

    081269502X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-28
  • Publisher: Open Court

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Summary

Presents essays exploring the philosophical themes of the motion picture "Theatrix," which portrays a false world created from nothing but perceptions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
Introduction: Meditations on The Matrix 1(2)
Scene 1 How Do You Know? 3(50)
Computers, Caves, and Oracles: Neo and Socrates
5(11)
William Irwin
Skepticism, Morality, and The Matrix
16(12)
Gerald J. Erion
Barry Smith
The Matrix Possibility
28(13)
David Mitsuo Nixon
Seeing, Believing, Touching, Truth
41(12)
Carolyn Korsmeyer
Scene 2 The Desert of the Real 53(46)
The Metaphysics of The Matrix
55(11)
Jorge J.E. Gracia
Jonathan J. Sanford
The Machine-Made Ghost: Or, The Philosophy of Mind, Matrix Style
66(9)
Jason Holt
Neo-Materialism and the Death of the Subject
75(12)
Daniel Barwick
Fate, Freedom, and Foreknowledge
87(12)
Theodore Schick, Jr.
Scene 3 Down the Rabbit Hole of Ethics and Religion 99(54)
There Is No Spoon: A Buddhist Mirror
101(10)
Michael Brannigan
The Religion of The Matrix and the Problems of Pluralism
111(15)
Gregory Bassham
Happiness and Cypher's Choice: Is Ignorance Bliss?
126(12)
Charles L. Griswold, Jr.
We Are (the) One! Kant Explains How to Manipulate the Matrix
138(15)
James Lawler
Scene 4 Virtual Themes 153(50)
Notes from Underground: Nihilism and The Matrix
155(11)
Thomas S. Hibbs
Popping a Bitter Pill: Existential Authenticity in The Matrix and Nausea
166(12)
Jennifer L. McMahon
The Paradox of Real Response to Neo-Fiction
178(10)
Sarah E. Worth
Real Genre and Virtual Philosophy
188(15)
Deborah Knight
George McKnight
Scene 5 De-Construct-Ing The Matrix 203(64)
Penetrating Keanu: New Holes, but the Same Old Shit
205(11)
Cynthia Freeland
The Matrix, Marx, and the Coppertop's Life
216(9)
Martin A. Danahay
David Rieder
The Matrix Simulation and the Postmodern Age
225(15)
David Weberman
The Matrix: Or, The Two Sides of Perversion
240(27)
Slavoj Zizek
The Potentials 267(6)
The Oracle's Index 273

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