Matrix Philosophy – Return to the Source Documentary (Video)

Jump back into the Matrix with this video and explore the philosophical concepts featured in  the Matrix movies. The documentary includes scenes from the trilogy which are broken down and analyzed for their philosophical meanings.

Hubert Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley: (On René Descartes) “I think therefore I am”, His basic idea that we only have access to the content of our own minds gives us this thing called the “Problem of the External World”

The Matrix is everywhere, it is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

There are no general features Descartes thought that you could use from within a dream to be certain that you’re dreaming