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The matrix and philosophy : welcome to the desert of the real / edited by William Irwin. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 3.Publication details: Chicago : Open Court, (c)2002.Description: viii, 280 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780812695014
  • 9780812695021
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1997.I72.M387 2002
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Contents:
Computers, caves, and oracles : Neo and Socrates William Irwin -- Skepticism, morality, and The matrix Gerald J. Erion, Barry Smith -- The matrix possibility David Mitsuo Nixon -- Seeing, believing, touching, truth Carolyn Korsmeyer -- The metaphysics of The matrix Jorge J.E. Gracia, Jonathan J. Sanford -- The machine-made ghost : or, the philosophy of mind, matrix style Jason Holt -- Neo-materialism and the death of the subject Daniel Barwick -- Fate, freedom, and foreknowledge Theodore Schick, Jr. -- There is no spoon : a Buddhist mirror Michael Brannigan -- The religion of The matrix and the problems of pluralism Gregory Bassham -- Happiness and Cypher's choice : is ignorance bliss? Charles L. Griswold, Jr. -- We are (the) one! Kant explains how to manipulate the matrix James Lawler -- Notes from underground : nihilism and The matrix Thomas S. Hibbs -- Popping a bitter pill : existential authenticity in The matrix and Nausea Jennifer L. McMahon -- The paradox of real response to neo-fiction Sarah E. Worth -- Real genre and virtual philosophy Deborah Knight, George McKnight -- Penetrating Keanu : new holes, but the same old shit Cynthia Freeland -- The matrix, Marx, and the coppertop's life Martin A. Danahay, David Rieder -- The matrix simulation and the postmodern age David Weberman -- The matrix : or, the two sides of perversion Slavoj Zizek.
Subject: Presents essays exploring the philosophical themes of the motion picture "The Matrix," which portrays a false world created from nothing but perceptions.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Computers, caves, and oracles : Neo and Socrates William Irwin -- Skepticism, morality, and The matrix Gerald J. Erion, Barry Smith -- The matrix possibility David Mitsuo Nixon -- Seeing, believing, touching, truth Carolyn Korsmeyer -- The metaphysics of The matrix Jorge J.E. Gracia, Jonathan J. Sanford -- The machine-made ghost : or, the philosophy of mind, matrix style Jason Holt -- Neo-materialism and the death of the subject Daniel Barwick -- Fate, freedom, and foreknowledge Theodore Schick, Jr. -- There is no spoon : a Buddhist mirror Michael Brannigan -- The religion of The matrix and the problems of pluralism Gregory Bassham -- Happiness and Cypher's choice : is ignorance bliss? Charles L. Griswold, Jr. -- We are (the) one! Kant explains how to manipulate the matrix James Lawler -- Notes from underground : nihilism and The matrix Thomas S. Hibbs -- Popping a bitter pill : existential authenticity in The matrix and Nausea Jennifer L. McMahon -- The paradox of real response to neo-fiction Sarah E. Worth -- Real genre and virtual philosophy Deborah Knight, George McKnight -- Penetrating Keanu : new holes, but the same old shit Cynthia Freeland -- The matrix, Marx, and the coppertop's life Martin A. Danahay, David Rieder -- The matrix simulation and the postmodern age David Weberman -- The matrix : or, the two sides of perversion Slavoj Zizek.

Presents essays exploring the philosophical themes of the motion picture "The Matrix," which portrays a false world created from nothing but perceptions.

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