Abstract
The three readings of The Matrix, Descartes and Plato discuss the differences concerning the reality of a computer-simulated system, a cave controlled by mankind who are kept captive and a man controlled by his perceptions of demons and evil that all show that life may or may not be real depending on what they each believe. The readings demonstrate the certainty and uncertainty in three areas that deal with skepticism of reality and knowing whether what is experienced everyday is scientifically logical in our minds. The Matrix, Descartes, Plato
One of the more important similarities between the two readings of literature …show more content…
How we consider what we think is real and if it is real when dealing with our own mind and senses can make one doubt if the world is real at all. One of the differences I would say is that of deception between The Matrix, Plato’s (The Allegory of the Cave) and Decartes’, that there is only the suggestion of dreaming and not an actual way to escape back to reality. There are suggestions of the world being unreal from sounds, figures, air, colors and other external things are mere illusions of dreams and nothing can be proven real. The images and sounds the prisoners see or do not see could give them a false hope of a world they don’t know is real with passing objects and possibly they would flee back to what they have been freed from. Distinguishing between day and night after so much darkness would be the reality of that person’s life is they can endure the reality they finally see. After only seeing shadows each day and not being able to move being placed in an immobile state for most of one’s’ life has to be harsh and cruel to say the least. Believing that this is the only reality one has and is this real is about our processes being rational and reliable justification of life (Dew
The three readings of The Matrix, Descartes and Plato discuss the differences concerning the reality of a computer-simulated system, a cave controlled by mankind who are kept captive and a man controlled by his perceptions of demons and evil that all show that life may or may not be real depending on what they each believe. The readings demonstrate the certainty and uncertainty in three areas that deal with skepticism of reality and knowing whether what is experienced everyday is scientifically logical in our minds. The Matrix, Descartes, Plato
One of the more important similarities between the two readings of literature …show more content…
How we consider what we think is real and if it is real when dealing with our own mind and senses can make one doubt if the world is real at all. One of the differences I would say is that of deception between The Matrix, Plato’s (The Allegory of the Cave) and Decartes’, that there is only the suggestion of dreaming and not an actual way to escape back to reality. There are suggestions of the world being unreal from sounds, figures, air, colors and other external things are mere illusions of dreams and nothing can be proven real. The images and sounds the prisoners see or do not see could give them a false hope of a world they don’t know is real with passing objects and possibly they would flee back to what they have been freed from. Distinguishing between day and night after so much darkness would be the reality of that person’s life is they can endure the reality they finally see. After only seeing shadows each day and not being able to move being placed in an immobile state for most of one’s’ life has to be harsh and cruel to say the least. Believing that this is the only reality one has and is this real is about our processes being rational and reliable justification of life (Dew