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The Matrix ( Wachowski, Andy, and Lana Wachowski 1999 ), is a story that presents a dilemma. Is virtual reality just for fun, or is it being used to imprison you? That is the question Neo faces as he is manning his computer doing some hacking on the side. It is through his computer work that he meets with Morpheus who presents Neo

Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, was born on June 8, 1955 and is known for revolutionizing at the basic level world wide communications, but on a greater whole civilization as we know it. Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web. In 1989, while Lee was working at CERN(A european organization for nuclear research) he proposed the idea of an information distribution system to help connect the CERN employees to each other.

The short stories, written by both authors Plato and Descartes; The Matrix, The Allegory of the Cave, and Meditations on First Philosophy, focuses on what individuals believe to be reality or not within the world. The stories bring on questions of what is in fact illusion. Overall, the stories provide a guide to the truth. According to Wachowski, A, & Wachowski, L (1999) in the Matrix, Mr. Anderson questions everything in the world as he knows it. He wonders if what he is involved in a computer program instead of the life as he knows it. The computer program could be controlling human beings, such as himself. Morpheus convinces Mr. Anderson that the world that he knows is an illusion and a system of deception (Wachowski, A, & Wachowski, L,

In 1999, Larry and Andy Wachowski directed The Matrix, a movie featuring the future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality or cyberspace called "the Matrix”. This fake reality was created by sentient machines to pacify and subdue the human population. To some, this movie represents just another brilliant Hollywood sci-fi action film, but for others, it challenges the understanding of perspective, reality and appearance ("The matrix 101," 2003). The Matrix heavily relies on the concepts of Irish Philosopher George Berkeley who believed reality, or reality as humans perceive it, is fundamentally mental and therefore immaterial which is known as Idealism.

In the 1990’s, an invention was created that is now used in everyday life, The World Wide Web also known as the WWW. In the year of 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web.It was invented in the United States and was later released to the public in 1991. The World Wide Web has become very important and people could not imagine a life without it. Overall, the World Wide Web has become very important to the world (Tim Berners-Lee).

The film ‘The Matrix’ showcases many philosophical perspectives, such as the question of ‘what is reality?’ .Throughout the film character Neo asks the question what is reality, after finding out about the matrix. To help understand Neos’ question we can look at the theory of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave which explores the idea that the real world

Having read the synopsis from The Matrix, the excerpt from Plato, The Republic, Book VII, 514A1-518D8 “The Allegory Of The Cave”, and the excerpt from Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, 1641 “Meditation I Of The Things Of Which We May Doubt”, I am able to conclude that there are similarities as well as differences among these readings. Each question the state of reality in which we live. Is our reality a true state of reality or is it a state of mind we have allowed ourselves to exist in?

In the Meditations, Descartes abandons his views about everything he knows in the world. During this he discusses the idea of senses relying on the mind rather than the body. The role of senses is shown through his demonstration of the wax example and the ever changing properties the wax entailed. “The perception I have of it is a case not of vision or touch or imagination…but purely of mental scrutiny.” (Descartes 31) To Descartes, the senses were deceiving and could not be solely trusted in the understanding of a worldly object, in Meditation II he adequately defends this argument. Throughout this paper we will examine how this example was important to the entire argument that Descartes discusses in this paper, along with Descartes ultimate conclusion: “One cannot be deceived of their existence” and how these views may relate to other philosophers such as Locke and Berkeley.

Which pill would you take the red or the blue? Continue living a life you’re comfortable with rather than go out and seek the truth? If I had to make a decision I would definitely choose to find the truth just like Neo. In the movie, The Matrix, there are two worlds.

First off, the creation of the Matrix functions as an institution through the ability to give those who reside within the fantasy

These two worlds collide and people have difficulties distinguishing what’s real and what’s not. This can be both bad and good. It is detrimental to the real world, but if the real world is truly in a state that cannot be replenished then what is most important is the well being of the people still alive. If people can no longer find meaning in the real world, then at least they can find meaning in a virtual

Some have suggested that René Descartes argues that sense perception relies on the mind rather than on the body. Descartes asserts that we can know our mind more readily than we can know our body. In support of this idea he gives the example of a piece of wax which is observed in its solid form and its liquid form. After pointing out the difficulties of relying on the senses of the physical body to understand the nature of the wax he makes this claim: [P]erception ... is neither a seeing, nor a touching, nor an imagining. ... [R]ather it is an inspection on the part of the mind alone (Section 31). 1 This quote is perhaps the most direct statement of the author's thesis on this subject.

The movie “The matrix” is a clear demonstration of Descartes Meditation One. Descartes works up to his case for universal doubt in Meditation One, and introduces the “Evil Demon Hypothesis”. The movie “the Matrix” is a great example of how Descartes considers, and rejects the possibility that senses could lead to being deceived. This is equivalent to the Matrix scenario, when Morpheus tells Neo that reality is totally different from what he and other people perceive it to be. In the movie Matrix, what people perceive as reality is actually a dream that is created by a super-computer, where humans are sleeping in “pods” and are having the experiences fed directly to their brains.

The harshness of the real world actually teaches us important lessons. It helps you understand why things are the way there are and how this world operates as one. It gives you opportunities to strive for better and also gives you the motivation to keep going. Computer simulation is just an easy way out. It gives you nothing to value and just something you know you can always rely on.

The matrix, unlike the ideology of the "real," is explicitly defined along Althusserian lines as an ISA.