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  • If the world as we know it is nothing more than our dream of it, does this make the dream real?
  • If we had the choice to step out of our world into a more-real but less-pleasant one—to take the red pill—would it be a moral failure not to do so? Especially if doing so meant knew insight into the truth of our humanity (or its lack)?
  • Do humans have an inherent value above that of "artificially" intelligent machines?
  • Can the mind live without the body or the body without the mind?

In the The Matrix and Philosophy, edited by William Irwin, renowned contemporary philosophers—Michael Brannigan; Cynthia Freeland; Jorge J.E. Gracia; Slavoj Žižek, et al—analyze The Matrix from many angles: metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic. They uncover hidden depths in this intricate work of art, and often reach disturbing conclusions.

Those who take the red pill never look at the real world the same way again.

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(The Matrix and Philosphy is available in a trade paperback edition from Open Court Publishing Company, www.opencourtbooks.com.)

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"Even those contributors to the anthology who ought to be experts at tracking pop culture seem like slow, lumbering, herbivorous dinosaurs compared to the nimble, carnivorous and slightly terrifying Wachowskis. In fact, it's the more traditionally minded essays that feel the most rewarding in The Matrix and Philosophy....The philosophers contributing to The Matrix and Philosophy are not too interested in the guns and wall-walking, but they do find the implied and explicit ontological questions posed by the film intriguing....The first few essays in the anthology are lucid, readable summaries of classic responses to Cartesian skepticism, exactly what the armchair amateur is looking for....Less pleasing are the entries from Christian and Buddhist thinkers....The most disappointing essays come from the postmodernist, feminist and Marxist critics — there need to be stronger signs of intellectual rigor here, particularly if you're going to call your piece 'Penetrating Keanu: New Holes, but the Same Old Shit'..." Laura Miller, Salon.com

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"The tacit goal here is to make philosophy fun for the general reader...so while some articles contain rather dense philosophical jargon, most are pitched at the level of a freshman intro course....The results are occasionally engaging...but they're too often dryly academic and liable to elicit no more than a drowsy 'whoa' from the movie's legions of fans." Publishers Weekly

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Scholars philosophy ponder how the popular science fiction movie touches on perennial philosophical questions. Besides the obvious epistemology, they consider metaphysics, neo-materialism, ethics and religion, nihilism, the process of deconstruction, and other topics. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and Philosophy discuss different facets of the primary philosophical puzzle of The Matrix: Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it? Other chapters address issues of religion, lifestyle, pop culture, the Zeitgeist, the nature of mind and matter, and the reality of fiction.

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One of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood, "The Matrix" is based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces. These thought-provoking essays discuss different facets of the primary philosophical puzzle of the film: Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it?
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ISBN:
9780812695021
Editor:
Irwin, William
Publisher:
Open Court Publishing Company
Editor:
Irwin, William
Author:
Irwin, William
Subject:
General
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Film - General
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
Film - History & Criticism
Subject:
Motion pictures
Subject:
Metaphysics
Subject:
PHILOSOPHY / Religious
Subject:
Film & Video - History & Criticism
Subject:
Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Philosophy : General
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Series Volume:
03
Publication Date:
20020831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in 14 oz
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"Review" by , "Even those contributors to the anthology who ought to be experts at tracking pop culture seem like slow, lumbering, herbivorous dinosaurs compared to the nimble, carnivorous and slightly terrifying Wachowskis. In fact, it's the more traditionally minded essays that feel the most rewarding in The Matrix and Philosophy....The philosophers contributing to The Matrix and Philosophy are not too interested in the guns and wall-walking, but they do find the implied and explicit ontological questions posed by the film intriguing....The first few essays in the anthology are lucid, readable summaries of classic responses to Cartesian skepticism, exactly what the armchair amateur is looking for....Less pleasing are the entries from Christian and Buddhist thinkers....The most disappointing essays come from the postmodernist, feminist and Marxist critics — there need to be stronger signs of intellectual rigor here, particularly if you're going to call your piece 'Penetrating Keanu: New Holes, but the Same Old Shit'..."
"Review" by , "The tacit goal here is to make philosophy fun for the general reader...so while some articles contain rather dense philosophical jargon, most are pitched at the level of a freshman intro course....The results are occasionally engaging...but they're too often dryly academic and liable to elicit no more than a drowsy 'whoa' from the movie's legions of fans."
"Synopsis" by ,
The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and Philosophy discuss different facets of the primary philosophical puzzle of The Matrix: Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it? Other chapters address issues of religion, lifestyle, pop culture, the Zeitgeist, the nature of mind and matter, and the reality of fiction.
"Synopsis" by , One of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood, "The Matrix" is based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces. These thought-provoking essays discuss different facets of the primary philosophical puzzle of the film: Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it?
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