extremely limited. Descartes was incapable to express his doubts. Thus‚ the attempt to doubt anything would be necessarily self-defeating. The next theory for discussion is “Representative Realism”. Representative Realism argues that we experience reality indirectly by perceptions that represent the real world. So‚ if we see a brown table‚ what we are actually seeing is not the table itself but a representation of it. Criticisms of representative realism argue that it is difficult to clearly define
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own view is that art and reality stand at a distance from each other and that this distance gives ‘the work of art a vantage-point from which it can criticize actuality’ (Adorno 1977:160). He said‚ this critical distance comes from the fact that literature has its own ‘formal laws’. The first law is the ‘procedure and techniques’ which in modern art ‘dissolve the subject matter and reorganize it’ (1977:153). Second‚ he says that art is the ‘essence and image’ of reality rather than its photographic
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The Season for Reason by Ari Armstrong‚ December 12‚ 2005 "Merry Christmas‚" one of my atheist friends warmly wished. Another of my atheist friends points out that December 25 also commemorates the birth of Isaac Newton‚ perhaps the greatest scientific genius of all time. Now‚ it seems‚ Newton was actually born on January 4‚ 1643‚ not December 25‚ 1642. But December 25 is not the actual birth date of Jesus‚ either; it is instead based on a season of pagan celebration. So I suppose "Merry Mithras
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in turn makes them metaphorically blind to the true nature of reality. For instance‚ the people chained within the dark cave is a symbol for the world we currently reside in (or was resided in)‚ and the chains represent each one of us‚ who are either knowingly or unknowingly chained to the material world. The shadows the cave dwellers saw is a metaphor for both perception and illusion. For example‚ what one person perceives as reality and the truth (e.g. the shadows in the cave)‚ is nothing but a
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individual. Only the self is real because we can only verify our own experiences and no-one else’s. The idea of Solipsism is explored in 1984 as the Party exploits this world view. If reality is inside the mind of individuals‚ and consciousness can be altered by the Party‚ then they have the power to change reality into existences of that really never happened. It’s difficult to prove solipsism as it is to prove wrong‚ for example‚ one may present an in-depth argument arguing it can’t possibly be
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(Does American Psycho represent hyperreality? – Patrick Batemans identity as Baudrillards simulacrum) Patrick Bateman as Baudrillards simulacra – hyperreality in American Psycho The hyperconscious Patrick Bateman serves as the narrator to Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho and the film of the same name directed by Mary Harron. Although not mentioned by Baudrillard‚ can American Psycho be considered a hyperreal piece? This essay serves as an analysis of the question and focuses on Patrick Bateman
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Truth is a concept that exists throughout the cross-section of society. Telling the truth is extremely complex as truth is compromised by commercial self-interests. This is represented by the satirical television series Frontline directed by Rob Sitch et al. Frontline humorously mocks a typical current affairs show and its representation of the truth. In the episodes ‘The Siege’ and ‘Smaller Fish to Fry’‚ Sitch utilises sophisticated techniques to demonstrate how truth is manipulated and concealed
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Emile Zola Emile Zola was born in Paris in 1840. From the day he was born he has changed the way people view life in many ways such as through plays and novels. Zola’s childhood‚ which was full of poverty‚ shaped his adulthood class dramatically into a well respected writer. During his formative years‚ Zola wrote several short stories and essays‚ 4 plays and 3 novels. Among his early books was CONTES Á NINON‚ which was published in 1864. When his sordid autobiographical novel LA CONFESSION
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memory. He must have felt a writer’s responsibility to record the historic issues that contradicted the country’s regime and atheistic religious stance. In magic realism‚ many layers of reality and fiction are integrated within each other. It creates hybridity‚ a complex‚ parallel with multiple planes of reality‚ but still identifiable by the reader. As metafiction‚ it takes fantastical fiction and incorporates it so well into the real world that the reader sees logic and precision. The sense of
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I think a problem of parents and children was very actual in early 1990s‚ at the time when elders that spent most of their life in conservative realities of the USSR. And this was not because they were adherents of that ideology‚ but because they had used to live in that realty. We live at the time when any youth’s rush act can bring serious problems. In these situations‚ they need help of more experienced people. Mostly they are parents or elder people. They are always eager to help us. Yet can
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