POLS2102 THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF DECEPTION
THE STICKLEBACK
See Anne Peters, ‘Honesty in Biological Signals’, The ABC of Lying (2004) and David Livingstone Smith, Why We Lie (2004)
Plato’s Cave
Catholicism and Plato’s Cave
Descartes’s Demon
Me and Society Now
Senses
R A D I C A L D O U B T
Dreams
Evil Demon
R E C O N S T R U C T I O N
More Enlightened Me and Society
Clear and Distinct Ideas
A Benevolent God
Cogito Ergo Sum
1984 and Plato’s Cave
George Orwell (1903-1950) Scene from film adaptation of 1984
Robert Nozick’s Experience Machine
William Irwin (ed) The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Dessert of the Real (2002)
More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded ed. William Irwin (2005) In 2hr loan.
Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy by Matt Lawrence (2004)
Philosophers Explore The Matrix by Christopher Grau ( 2005)