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- Offers an alternative approach to philosophy by way of a diagnosis of critical impasses in the contemporary state of philosophy
- Guides readers through traditional philosophical problems to show how the foundations of mathematics underpin philosophical debates
- Seeks to interest readers in philosophically challenging material in ways which are both stimulating and open up its larger cultural relevance
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book charts the shape of future philosophical investigation by posing the question: “What is the Matrix?” Guided by the example of the Matrix film trilogy, the author examines issues ranging from simulation, proof and action to value, culture and mythology, offering a progressively deeper diagnosis of modern philosophical conditions. In contrast to the contemporary focus upon cognitive science and a commitment to the distinction between appearance and reality, this book helps readers to explore the argument that such abstractions are inevitably displaced by a more concrete distinction between dreaming and waking, with the Matrix as the real and only world we inhabit. Researchers and scholars will find this work an engaging and enlightening examination of reality, via the medium of popular culture and film.
Authors and Affiliations
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Athens, USA
O. Bradley Bassler
About the author
O. Bradley Bassler is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA. He is the author of The Pace of Modernity: Reading with Blumenberg (2012) and The Long Shadow of the Parafinite: Three Scenes from the Prehistory of a Concept (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diagnosing Contemporary Philosophy with the Matrix Movies
Authors: O. Bradley Bassler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57889-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57888-4Published: 23 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84598-9Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57889-1Published: 14 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 215
Topics: Aesthetics, Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Screen Studies