Innate Ideas Descartes vs Locke In this paper I will discuss the Descartes vs Locke debate on innate ideas, also giving insight on what an innate idea means. Each philosopher takes a very different stand on the issue and each point of view will be thoroughly examined. The main question at han...

The Matrix: The Problem of the External World The film The Matrix addresses the philosophical problem of the external world in a manner that few have ever even remotely considered. Many people casually question what is real, and what are we actually seeing. However, few develop in depth theories...

We live in a world today were everything has to be factual. We as a society need to completely understand everything that is going on around us at all times. We satisfy this need in many ways. From creating scientific formulas that will include every minute detail into its calculations to spending ...

Lost Highway: Interpreted but Never Explained The purpose of this essay is to explain the psychoanalytic and postmodern ideals portrayed in the David Lynch film "Lost Highway." His works are, for the most part, non-linear, absurd, chaotic and emotional. Lynch takes the rawness of human...

The study of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well asenormous. Books upon books have been written about this great play. About an equalamount of books, however, have been written about one character; Hamlet. A critic ofHamlet once said, "a man set out to read all the books...

The study of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well asenormous. Books upon books have been written about this great play. About an equalamount of books, however, have been written about one character; Hamlet. A critic ofHamlet once said, "a man set out to read all the books...

The Matrix Reality Bytes: A journey through perceptions of reality in 'The Matrix' and the technological world. The idea for this dissertation arose from the culmination of a number of thoughts that have interested me for some time. The question of 'reality' has always intrigu...