Epistemology In The Film 'A Skin Not A Sweater'

Inception and "A Skin not a Sweater"

Ontology as defined in philosophy as the study of nature of being and existence (Furlong and Marsh 185). Examples of such are the ontology of the mind and the ontology of the beginning of the cosmos (Novotny 1). Epistemology, on the other hand, seeks to answer questions about the validity and limits of knowledge, in other words, it seeks to determine the difference between opinion and justified truth (Furlong and Marsh).

In ‘A skin not a sweater’, the two have been portrayed to being related since every theory about the existence of nature begs the question on how a person has knowledge on the subject. We cannot, therefore, address ontology without bringing up the concept of epistemology. Furlong and Marsh argue that epistemology is a social aspect of society because the knowledge we possess is shaped by the ideas and way of life in society. Our decisions and belief in a certain aspect or theory about nature is determined by our surroundings that society greatly influences. Ontology is shaped by

Note that Cobb, usually, steals information or knowledge out of the dream world so that corresponding actions in the real world can be made – this is ontology before epistemology. The work given to Cobb was to inject information or knowledge conceived in the real world into a dream world – this is the reverse. Note that it is assumed in this deduction that the dream world is purely ontological while the real world is ontological and epistemological. The film suggests a conclusion that it is impossible for us to know whether which one comes first - ontology or epistemology. The proof of this suggested conclusion is that Mal died when Cobb injected an idea to Mai’s mind while they were in a dream. Nevertheless, we cannot be sure if Mai did die because, at the end of the film, we are not guaranteed that we are in the real world – the wobbling of the