Plato, Descartes, and the Matrix

Plato, Descartes, and the Matrix

Introduction

The trilogy of Matrix is riddled with particular orientations to philosophers who have held this idea that the real world is an illusion. Though, the movies are intended to produce their own set of philosophical issues, these precedents are paid homage by Wachowskis through both apparent and subtle references. A philosophical question is the basis of the Matrix that was posed by the French philosopher and mathematician of seventeenth century René Descartes.

Discussion

One of most important theses of Descartes was intellectual autonomy, or the capability to imagine for oneself. This entails, for Descartes, ...