Phil 201-D23 19 November 2013 The Matrix Recently‚ we have discussed how we know. Hilary Putnam‚ American philosopher‚ developed a thought experiment which has become so popular that it is the basis of blockbuster film The Matrix. In short‚ the thought experiment calls one to imagine that your brain and the nerves connecting it to your senses has been severed or disconnected. The brain would actually no longer be in your body it would be placed a vat filled with nutritional fluid to keep your
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society. I possess hope for the future that conditions will better for all peoples in our country. My conviction is that the first step to acquiring social justice is erasing ignorance. Importance lies in recognizing the signs of institutionalized injustice. In relation to the well known idiom "ignorance is bliss‚" the bliss of the ignorant rests upon the unjust treatment of those suffering oppression. On the other hand‚ the oppressed may also be ignorant of their oppression as a deliberate means
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TEXTS THAT EXPLORE MOVING INTO THE WORLD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD AS MUCH AS THE WORLD CHANGES US. THESIS: THOSE THAT EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MOVING INTO THE WORLD GRANT THEM CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND THEM. Moving into the world is a transitional change that everyone has the choice of going through. So if you reject it‚ you don’t change so why would anything else? It is only those who embrace the opportunity that moving into the world grant you‚ which allows you to
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The movie Pleasantville is about two teenagers who mysteriously get drawn into the 1950s fictional‚ black-and-white television sitcom‚ Pleasantville. The show portrays a very stereotypical image of the 1950s having similar elements to that of “Father Knows Best.” In Pleasantville‚ both David and Jennifer are forced to take on the roles of Bud and Mary-Sue. But as they play along in the perfect and pure little town of Pleasantville‚ their presences soon influence extreme changes. As the citizens of
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Pleasantville Responses 1. In Pleasantville‚ the women stay at home and cater to their husbands and children whereas the men work and earn the money to support the family. For example‚ when Dave and Jennifer first arrived to Pleasantville‚ the first thing their mother did was serve them a delicious intricate breakfast that she had prepared‚ while their father sat by reading the newspaper then headed out to work. Women are expected to be trophy wives that do everything perfectly; they must always
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constant reference to Thomas Huxley‚ in Huxley’s expression that “truth is better than much profit‚” questions truth in relation to happiness. According to Kitcher‚ Huxley’s statement holds the importance of knowledge‚ or a clear mind‚ superior to ignorance or momentary joy. In other words‚ universal answers are more beneficial to mankind than the temporary contentment
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Pleasantville The movie Pleasantville had a lot of religious elements and symbols used in the film. One prime evident example was when Bud and his girlfriend were at “Lovers Lane” and ate an apple that was just like Eve in the bible when she ate an apple in the Garden of Eden. Another example was that the town Pleasantville is just like Garden of Eden. Nothing goes wrong in Pleasantville. It is simply‚ just like in the town’s name itself‚ pleasant. The Garden of Eden is nothing but perfect and
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Li Knowledge vs. Ignorance In this paper‚ I will examine themes presented in the reading Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the movie The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I will claim that both good and bad play hand in hand with knowledge and ignorance. It can be shown that knowledge is good and ignorance is bad. Also‚ arguing that the good in knowledge leads to liberation and rapture‚ which it is demonstrated in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ while the bad in ignorance leads to failure and
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The prisoner in Plato’s story remains in the brightness of the sun‚ not to return to his imprisonment. Neo chooses to rebel against the Matrix and not embrace Cypher’s “ignorance is bliss”. (Wachowski ‚ 1999) Descartes is convinced that he has a grasp of his reality‚ “I think‚ therefore I am”. (Morris‚ 1999‚ p.63) What gives the skeptic cause for concern in any of these scenarios is that of his experience being a farce or
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Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Compared and Contrasted and Other Various Contemplations Regarding Reality Liza Cheek Liberty University Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Compared and Contrasted and Other Various Contemplations Regarding Reality The Matrix movie had many similarities with the readings from Plato and Descartes. All three discussed the scenario in which reality was discovered to be a non-reality. Specifically‚ in The Matrix‚ reality that was experienced by multitudes of people
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