The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy
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Matt Lawrence is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Long Beach City College.
Acknowledgments vi Matrix Quotations Legend viii Introduction: Jacking into the Philosophy Behind the Matrix 1 1 Before the Philosophy: Understanding the Films 7 2 Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: Knowledge, Reality, and the Pit of Skepticism 20 3 Mind and Body in Zion 32 4 Are Sentient Machines Possible? 47 5 The Problem is Choice: Control, Free Will, and Causal Determinism 56 6 How to Really Bake Your Noodle: Time, Fate, and the Problem of Foreknowledge 69 7 Virtual Bodies: The Construction of Race and Gender in the Matrix 85 8 Agent Smiths Moral Challenge 102 9 De-Cyphering Right and Wrong 114 10 There Is No Spoon: Reflections on the Material World 127 11 Morpheus and the Leap of Faith 138 12 Facing the Absurd: Existentialism for Humans and Programs 150 13 The Tao of the Code 168 14 Overcoming Your Own Matrix 183 Matrix Cast of Characters 198 Matrix Glossary 207 Cast of Philosophers 214 Index 221