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Philosophers explore The Matrix / edited by Christopher Grau.
| Other author | Grau, Christopher. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description | viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Bad dreams, evil demons, and the experience machine: philosophy and The matrix / Christopher Grau -- Morpheus and Berkeley on reality / Tim Mawson -- What's so bad about living in The matrix? / James Pryor -- The matrix of dreams / Colin McDinn -- Existential phenomenology and the brave new world of The matrix / Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stephen D. Dreyfus -- Reality, what matters, and The matrix / Iakovos Vasiliou -- Never the twain shall meet: reflections on the very first matrix / Richard Hanley -- The matrix as metaphysics / David J. Chalmers -- The twisted matrix: dream, simulation, or hybrid? / Andy Clark -- The matrix: our future? / Kevin Warwick -- Artificial ethics / Julia Driver -- Neo's freedom, whoa! / Michael McKenna -- Plato's Cave and The matrix / John Partridge -- Wake up! worlds of illusion in gnosticism, Buddhism, and The matrix project / Rachel Wagner, Frances Flannery-Dailey -- App. Selections from classic texts. The republic / Plato -- Meditations on first philosophy / Descartes -- Of the principles of human knowledge / Berkeley -- Anarchy, state, and utopia / Nozick -- Reason, truth, and history / Putnam. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2004059977 |
| ISBN | 0195181069 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195181077 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780195181067 |
| ISBN | 9780195181074 |