Mixed reality

your understanding and something that exists in reality, which one is greater? If we think about a million dollars, would it be greater to have it in real life or just to imagine about it? Regardless of one’s response, the answer of “both” would contains their response. Therefore having both would be greater. Anselm applies this logic to his argument where God existing only in your mind is not as great as a God that exists in your mind and in reality. If God only existed in your mind, then God…

Norman Bates describes life as a trap, or more accurately, our own private traps that we cannot get out of – no matter how hard we try. While this is true for many characters in the film Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it is most true about Norman himself. The surprising information we learn about Norman throughout the movie proves this point more and more. Norman suffers from a multiple personality disorder brought on by his desires. Norman lives as both himself and his deceased mother. By…

provides insight into the various opposing worldviews society faces today. Beginning with the Pre-Modern thoughts that believe in God’s existence, spanning to the Modern view placing matter in the center of reality, and concluding with the Postmodern thoughts which deny the existence of reality. Throughout the semester we have discussed several of these viewings of the world, noting some views appear to be more practical than others. With the use of Sire’s eight fundamental questions I would…

Truth and Reality are influenced by a person 's perceptions of the world. This is clear in Atonement as Robbie is accused of a heinous crime and both he and Cecilia suffer because Briony naïvely presumes she understands the complexities of adult relationships, and in an effort to protect her sister, she accuses Robbie of rape. A character is only able to perceive as much as he or she understands about the world, as his or her worldview is clouded by weakness and flaws. An example of truth…

perfect circle or square we have an image come to mind for they are always the same. Thus there is an ideal being for all things. Role of becoming and being in the Cave: The sun in the Cave is the being. Northing in the cave is truly unchanging in reality (VI. 515a). Things that are real one moment like shadows, people, and obscurity may not be real in the next minute thus they are becoming rather than being. The sun is stable and it provides the seasons throughout the years. The sun is the…

People of all ages across the world use social media. As of May 2014, 87 percent of adults used the internet. Seventy-three percent used some kind of social network, and about 64 percent logged in at least once a day (Skiba 199). Several good things can come from using social media, but there are also many bad things that can occur. Connections can be made but lives and relationships can be destroyed just as easily. Social media is not only changing how the world communicates, but it is also…

This was the way Plato brought order to the universe in his own mind. Essentially, he theorized that existence was two tiered. The world humans live in is filled with constant change which we perceive with our senses. However, there is another reality in which exists ideal, everlasting truth. On the word of Plato, the truth we see in this world is subpar in relation to those eternal truths. They are just shadows of the ideal “forms.” Plato established the first school of philosophy, named the…

In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave he argues that there exists a different, immaterial, and intelligible reality. He places this reality above ours and says that we must escape our shackles, like the people in the cave, and find that better reality. Apart from this, he also declares that it is not enough to find the new reality, those who reach it must go back and liberate the other shackled prisoners. This whole process of finding more knowledge is not easy or enjoyable at first. Plato represents…

I define reality as a combination of ideas, perceptions, and views that form the basis of one’s thoughts and actions. It is a collection of what we know to be true. In my life, I know reality through sensory perceptions and my own experiences, learning from the teachings of others, self-reflection and expression of emotion, and intuition or “understanding without knowing” as is described in Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching. Using these faculties, I have structured my own version of reality with which I…

The Analysis of the Three Poems “My Papa’s Waltz”, “My Father’s Hats” and “Those Winter Sundays” are poems which are real exciting and express the love of fathers towards their kids. In these poems they describe to us the friendship between children and their fathers. The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” explains how a young boy was dancing waltz music with his drunken father. The young son appeared to enjoy having fun with his father while dancing despite the fact that he kept on chafing his ear on his…