Philosophers explore The Matrix (Record no. 78635)
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| fixed length control field | 01905nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0195181077 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 791.4372 C4664 P |
| Item number | 23239 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Philosophers explore The Matrix |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Christopher Grau. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | Oxford |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 341 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Presents a collection of essays about some of the powerful and ancient questions broached by "The Matrix" and its sequels. This book is suitable for fans of the films who want to delve deeper into their themes, as well as any student of philosophy who desires an accessible entry into this challenging and profoundly vital world of ideas. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Bad dreams, evil demons, and the experience machine: philosophy and The matrix / Christopher Grau --<br/>Morpheus and Berkeley on reality / Tim Mawson --<br/>What's so bad about living in The matrix? / James Pryor --<br/>The matrix of dreams / Colin McDinn --<br/>Existential phenomenology and the brave new world of The matrix / Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stephen D. Dreyfus --<br/>Reality, what matters, and The matrix / Iakovos Vasiliou --<br/>Never the twain shall meet: reflections on the very first matrix / Richard Hanley --<br/>The matrix as metaphysics / David J. Chalmers --<br/>The twisted matrix: dream, simulation, or hybrid? / Andy Clark --<br/>The matrix: our future? / Kevin Warwick --<br/>Artificial ethics / Julia Driver --<br/>Neo's freedom, whoa! / Michael McKenna --<br/>Plato's Cave and The matrix / John Partridge --<br/>Wake up! worlds of illusion in gnosticism, Buddhism, and The matrix project / Rachel Wagner, Frances Flannery-Dailey --<br/>App. Selections from classic texts. The republic / Plato --<br/>Meditations on first philosophy / Descartes --<br/>Of the principles of human knowledge / Berkeley --<br/>Anarchy, state, and utopia / Nozick --<br/>Reason, truth, and history / Putnam. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Motion pictures--Philosophy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Matrix (Motion picture) |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| General | Chinmaya International Foundation | Chinmaya International Foundation | General Stacks | 16/05/2019 | 350.00 | Donation | 791.4372 C4664 P 23239 | 23239 | 16/05/2019 | Books |