The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real by Theodore Schick Jr., Jason Holt, Gerald J. Erion, Barry Smith, Jonathan J. Sanford, James Lawler, David Mitsuo Nixon, Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Carolyn Korsmeyer

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The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real

Theodore Schick Jr., Jason Holt, Gerald J. Erion, Barry Smith, Jonathan J. Sanford, James Lawler, David Mitsuo Nixon, Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Carolyn Korsmeyer

280 pages • paperback • first pub 2002 • 2 editions

nonfiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced

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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 t...