Irwin William (ed.) The Matrix and Philosophy

Open Court Publishing, 2002. — 280 p.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.How Do You Know?
Computers, Caves, and Oracles: Neo and Socrates
William Irwin
Skepticism, Morality, and The Matrix
Gerald J. Erion and Barry smith
The Matrix Possibility
David Mitsuo Nixon
Seeing, Believing, Touching, Truth
Carolyn KorsmeyerThe Desert of the Real
The Metaphysics of The Matrix
Jorge J.E. Gracia and 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.Down the Rabbit Hole of Ethics and Religion
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 LawlerVirtual Themes
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 188 Deborah knight and George mcknightDe-Construct-Ing The Matrix
Penetrating Keanu: New Holes, but the Same Old Shit
Cynthia Freeland
The Matrix, Marx, and the Coppertop’s Life
Martin A. Danahay and David Rieder
The Matrix Simulation and the Postmodern Age
David Weberman
The Matrix: Or, The Two Sides of Perversion
Slavoj Zizek
The Potentials
The Oracle’s Index