Blog 4

In the movie Matrix, Neo says: If you are killed in the Matrix you die here? Then Morpheus responds: The body cannot live without the mind. That means the mind makes it real. And whatever is real is not unreal. Everything is real or unreal. But how do we know the difference, how do we know what is real and what is unreal? Even Neo does not know that. If it wasn’t for Morpheus he wouldn’t know the difference. If Morpheus did not lead him out of the dream world and free him he wouldn’t know the truth. But he had knowledge and from his experience knew something was wrong with his world.
In the book “Matrix and Philosophy” is mentioned the word metaphysics. From the dictionary this means branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality and the relationship between mind and matter. The metaphysics of The Matrix refers to the film itself and refers to the world presented in the film. Like Gracia and Stanford in the book use the words “source” and “ontological status” to determine the difference between the real and unreal or how in the film they say the virtual world. With the help of the sources actually the causes in our world we can answer the questions what is real and what is unreal? The causes for the real world are not the same with the causes responsible for creating the virtual world of Matrix. The Matrix is a computer program that is made by intelligent machines. And the real world comes from the humans. The word ontology is mentioned too in the book, means branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. We know that the virtual world depends from the machines and they depend from the humans. That is way they are using the humans, their energy and body heat. This means the virtual world is weaker because depends from things in the real world. For a difference the real world doesn’t depend from somebody or something. What they use the most in the film is “mind”. Includes Neo’s, Morpheus’s and the other human’s minds. And in the other world are the machines that don’t have minds. I think the mind needs to realize what is real and what is unreal and then can be free.