The Ideas Of Reality In The Film, The Matrix
The Matrix conveys beliefs that both philosophers, Plato and Descartes have in the idea of reality, through a computer generated “reality.” Plato and Descartes convey their ideas of reality in two diverse ways in their work. Descartes believes that our senses such as smelling, touching, tasting, hearing, and seeing should be questioned. Plato used Socrates and Glaucon to portray his beliefs that our reality could be explained as being simply shadows.
In the film, The Matrix and both readings we learn more about the different views in regard to the idea of reality. After reviewing the three pieces of work we begin to question if the idea of reality is simply an illusion or if it is actually a real idea that we can trust. In The Matrix Neo …show more content…
We have a challenging time showing any proof, when our proof can easily be another dream or computer- generated life. Typically, people would say that our Earth, sun, and air are prime examples of proof but we should know that these indeed could be computer- generated just like The Matrix. Our reality could be a dream in which we are all living in. Our main proof should be that no one has been able to claim another idea of our reality. No one has visited any other idea of our reality other than the one that we are all living in. We have little to no proof that there is any other reality to believe in other than ours. We have the sun and air as proof, but no proof that there is another type of reality. As Christians, we also turn to the Bible as proof of our reality. This book explains everything we as humans don’t understand and it always seems to be true. I believe that God created each person individually and created the world for us to thrive in. Although, it is hard to wrap our minds around the idea that our reality may not be the true reality as it seems, as Christians we should follow the scripture, “set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on
In the film, The Matrix and both readings we learn more about the different views in regard to the idea of reality. After reviewing the three pieces of work we begin to question if the idea of reality is simply an illusion or if it is actually a real idea that we can trust. In The Matrix Neo …show more content…
We have a challenging time showing any proof, when our proof can easily be another dream or computer- generated life. Typically, people would say that our Earth, sun, and air are prime examples of proof but we should know that these indeed could be computer- generated just like The Matrix. Our reality could be a dream in which we are all living in. Our main proof should be that no one has been able to claim another idea of our reality. No one has visited any other idea of our reality other than the one that we are all living in. We have little to no proof that there is any other reality to believe in other than ours. We have the sun and air as proof, but no proof that there is another type of reality. As Christians, we also turn to the Bible as proof of our reality. This book explains everything we as humans don’t understand and it always seems to be true. I believe that God created each person individually and created the world for us to thrive in. Although, it is hard to wrap our minds around the idea that our reality may not be the true reality as it seems, as Christians we should follow the scripture, “set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on