Subjects:
Neo, a computer hacker, exploring the questions of reality and
human existence. In the opening of the movie, Neo is starting to
piece together bits of information he believes signify something
is amiss in reality. Neo is positively certain that at the
center of all this information is something called The Matrix.
Neo is not in control of his own life, and he is plugged into a
giant machine that controls what he sees and what he thinks.
Thus, Neo becomes a target of a band of nefarious. Morpheus, the
leader of this underground revolution against the artificial
intelligence that has taken over the world and s
. . .
beliefs can’t be justified by the reality in which we live - is
not necessarily true. There is reason to believe
that this computer genius would never allow us to believe we are
living in The Matrix. Neo realizes that his reality
was merely a computer program, The Matrix, a computer genius’
invented. Since Neo can believe in The Matrix then
he exists. Although the reality he lives in is altered by The
Matrix, one thing he can be sure of is that he exists and also
that The Matrix exists and uses humans as puppets, in this case
an energy source. Although The Matrix has fooled
humans into believing the reality around them while he uses them
as an energy force, he does exist as do the humans. It is possible that the world we live in
is merely a computer program which falsely deceives our reality. A
computer genius maybe controlling humans into believing that a
computer program is actual reality.
In conclusion, I think Descartes response to skepticism
is successful because it points out the specific problem with
Neo’s argument for The Matrix. ” As long as there is this firm founded belief that we
exist then that belief can’t be false. With all that stated, the
Neo’s skeptical argument has a problem. Descartes uses three arguments to justify
his knowledge: The Sensory Perception Argument, The Dreaming
Argument, and The Evil Genius Argument. Descartes decides upon the foundational project
which is to gain firm founded beliefs and get rid of any beliefs
he is uncertain of. The world
they live in is an alter reality, but they do exist.
In Meditation I, Descartes argues against skepticism.
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