Simulated reality

Heraclitus believes in the reality of change, whereas Parmenides views change is a lie and non-existent. While Heraclitus’s themes seem closer to the current laws of science, Parmenides seems to be arguing from a perspective of permanence and order, whereas Heraclitus embraces the…

on the outside world though our minds. He does not argue what exists and does not exist but he argues that our senses of knowledge can lead to the doubt of reality or anything that requires certainty. The dream argument creates doubt on beliefs that we may have. We cannot tell that we are always dreaming because the dream reflects on the reality of things and the may seem real, with normal real life events. The conclusion of the dream argument is that not knowing leads to uncertainty which leads…

If you were to look up the definition or the purpose of Philosophy on the internet you would get relatively the same answer from site to site, mostly because it is a very broad field of individuals who study and question the things involving everyday life. The goal of philosophy is to gain a better understanding of the world we live in and why each of us acts the way we do. Although a big focus area for Philosophers is how our world began and if there exists a greater being. In this essay I will…

In fiction, the digital world is portrayed through imagery and character. These are methods of communication that translate easily to audiences. In reality, however, discussions of the digital are described through metaphor and thought experiments. We seek to either concretize the digital through examining historical developments in technology or abstract the digital in philosophical debate. A third option, as proposed by Daniel Downes in Interactive Realism: The Poetics of Cyberspace, is to…

Carl Sagan was a well-known astronomer who studied extraterrestrial intelligence advocated for nuclear disarmament. Growing up Sagan developed a passion for astronomy (Moore). Michael Shermer received his B.A. in psychology and his M.A. in experimental psychology. He taught a course for Ph.D. students on Evolution, Economics, and the Brain. He was head of one of America’s leading skeptic organizations (Shermer). Shermer is more rhetorically effective than Sagan in his reading because he goes…

the “cave” symbolizes how we all live in a world that we consider reality. Ever since we are able to comprehend the world around us, we hold some perspective of that reality that may be false. Once the prisoner was freed and was allowed to look at the light behind him, Socrates asked Glauco “will he not be perplexed?” (Plato, pg. 202). This question explained the process of the prisoner trying to comprehend what he saw was a reality that was much different than what he had known his entire life.…

Never fear for on closer reflection and inspection of the dream world, some weirdness in the dream environment is likely to show itself. Look around and observe details in the dream environment. One would notice an incongruity with reality, like having hands that glow or seeing someone one knows is in another part of the world. This waking up is referred to as false awakening, when you wake up in your dream and actually feels like you are awake and become conscious of the fact that…

Dreams Are Our Reality Are our dreams a reality, or is our reality a dream ? We take for granted how our mind puts everything together. Certain dreams are a message to what could happen in reality. What we envision in our dreams is something everyone needs to treasure, so the world’s population has to know about the beauty of our mind’s dreams! Dreams are an extension to physical reality because they are powerful, have deep meanings that relates to real life, and cause certain events such as…

Bright rays of sunshine seep through the cracks of even the deepest buried secrets and illuminate the truth where it may not be desired. The light shatters any facade that coats an individual's suppressed secret. In Ann Beattie’s piece she repeatedly echoes the title, “Janus” — a Roman god depicted as having two faces. The notion of light and dark echoes back to the title as the contrast between them depicts a two-sided perspective. Through the repeated juxtaposition of light and dark, Ann…

Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave; The Analysis Of The Tamil Caste System More than twenty-five centuries ago, a Greek philosopher named Plato introduces his idea; The Allegory Of The Cave with the intention of explaining to many societies that they are often trapped in lies as they are nurtured. As understood, the concept demonstrates how humanity is imprisoned by chains, averting their visual direction to the objects' shadows which are illuminated by fire. They have been secluded from the…