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Return To Source – Philosophy And The Matrix

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:49
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This documentary is 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 movie:

 
Plato – Allegory of the Cave
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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