In5D November 1, 2015
These fascinating documentaries are about the film The Matrix and its relationship to philosophy and philosophical themes.
The discussion is broad and explains how masterfully and seamlessly the movie touches on everything from:
- Socrates
- Plato
- Descartes
- Berkeley
- Kant
- Nietzsche
- Baudrillard
- Borges
- Nozick
- LaPlace
- Hume
- Schopenhauer
to:
- religion
- meaning
- purpose
- causality
- free will
- consciousness
- love
- intuition
etc.
Recommended Books/Readings related to the movies:
Rene Descartes – Meditations on First Philosophy
David Hume — An enquiry concerning human understanding
Jean Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation
Immanuel Kant – The Critique of Pure Reason
Arthur Schopenhauer – The World as Will and Representation
Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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