Reality
Trying to find out the answer to what reality is, is probably one of the main biggest questions in the world, next to finding out what are the secret eleven herbs and spices for KFC or what created Miley Cyrus. There are many theories to finding out what reality may be and many philosophers have made attempts to finding out what it is. Some pre-Socratics believed that reality is made up of the elements or that it was made up of tiny particles called atoms according
Democritus and the book Introducing Philosophy. People have their own ways of perceiving reality and that is what happens in the movie Inception.
Inception is about a thief who has a unique gift of being able to get into people’s dreams and seeing their consciousness by using a tool called the Portable Automated Somnacin
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Rene Descartes came up with the conclusion, “I think therefore I am” while debating on if an evil genie has been deceiving him and in order for that genie to deceive him, he has to exist. Which is how he came up with the conclusion “I think therefore I am”. In Inception, the totems used are a symbolic way of showing Descartes conclusion. The totem helped the characters who were dreaming determine whether they were in a dream or not. Another way the movie connects with the chapter of reality is with Plato’s theory of forms (Solomon). According to the book Introduction Philosophy Plato refers to forms as ideas or ideal forms. Ideal forms being perfect examples of things. This theory lead to the conclusion of there being two worlds. The ideal world and the material world. The ideal world is an unchanging world and the material world, the world is constantly changing. This theory is a little similar to Immanuel Kant’s theory of knowledge. There two worlds in this theory too, one being a phenomenal world and a noumenal world. The noumenal world is the world as it is and the phenomenal world is the world as one see’s it (Solomon). That is why in the movie,
The first realm is the Physical world that we can observe with our senses. And second, is a world made of eternal “forms” or “ideas.” He believes that there exists another dimension where perfect templates exist. This means forms are mind-independent entities. Forms are independently existent whether we grasp them with our mind but do not depend on being grasped in order to exist. In the Allegory Plato compares the level of becoming to living in a cave and describes the ordeal necessary for the soul’s ascent from shadowy illusions to enlightenment. From just an opinion to an informed opinion to rationally based knowledge to
Therefore, many of the philosophers disagreed with each other and came up with very different answers for the same concepts. Plato also did not know the answers to all of the questions that arose in the pre-Socratic era. Plato decided to look back on the pre-Socratics era in particular at the philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides. He agreed with Heraclitus who believed our world is constantly changing and with Parmenides who believed that the real world is not the same as the world of our experience. Plato chose to look at materialism and also his theory of Forms in a two-world setting in order to attempt to answer the questions of the universe. The two worlds Plato is talking about are: a world that is in constant flux (the world we live in) and a world that is ever-changing (the real world, otherwise known as Forms). Plato’s Forms distinguishes things that are real from things in our mind that we perceive as real. Plato also made the argument that reality is different than our worldly experience. Plato believed that material objects can imitate the forms because they have order, however, Aristotle’s disagreed. However, Aristotle thought that Plato’s concept of “participation” didn’t make sense. Aristotle believed that the world we live in is our reality and he argued that Plato’s idea of forms
He argues that non-physical forms or ideas represent the most accurate reality. There exists a fundamental opposition between in the world like the object as a concrete, sensible object and the idea or concept of the objects. Forms are typically universal concepts. The world of appearance corresponds to the body. The world of truth corresponds with the soul. According to Plato, for any conceivable thing or property there is a corresponding Form, a perfect example of that or property is a tree, house, mountain, man, woman, Table and Chair, would all be examples of existing abstract perfect Ideas. Plato says that true and reliable knowledge rests only with those who can comprehend the true reality behind the world of everyday experience. In order to perceive the world of the Forms, individuals must undergo a difficult
Plato’s view on existence can be understood by discussing his theory of Forms. The theory of Forms or Ideas is about the existence of ideas in higher form of reality, the existence of a reality inhabited by forms of all things and concepts. Plato used example of objects such as table and rock and concepts like Beauty and Justice to illustrate the notion of Forms. Plato further describes Forms as a being possessed by concepts. For example, Virtue has different characters; but they all have a common nature which makes them virtuous.
Firstly, Plato's concept of reality contrasts with Aristotle's concept. Plato's theory of ideal forms claims that a perfect world exists beyond the world around us. Our world contains forms imperfectly copied from the ideal forms of the world beyond. In contrast, Aristotle's theory of the natural world states that our world is reality. Aristotle thought the world consists of natural forms, not necessarily ideal or imperfect.
The unconscious has a huge part in shaping human behavior, yet many overlook the idea behind it. This is an idea that maybe these unconscious behaviors can be used to alter the future or the past mistakes or anything in between for that matter. Everyone dreams at some point in their life and what many people don’t realize is that dreams usually develop from past experiences or from actual occurrences and thoughts. This means that if someone happened to see a guy wearing a cowboy hat with a feather in it, in one of their dreams, they most likely saw this person at some point in their life and may not have even realized it. It is impossible to create a new face in a dream. In Inception (2009), Christopher Nolan portrays Dom Cobb as a special operative whose life mirrors a Freudian psychological reality in which his repressed guilt leads to self-destructive behavior.
With these rejected definitions in mind, Plato’s theory of knowledge, one that is grounded in idealism , calls for the separation of form and matter as well the existence of two worlds: the world of appearances and the world of intelligibly. The Platonic theory of knowledge states that knowledge is achieved through the ascension of, what Plato calls, the Plateaus of Kno...
Plato: When we discuss Forms we are not talking about something that is truly real but something that we would see or grasp intellectually. The idea of it is that what you are looking at may not be the true form of which you are looking at it. When you draw a circ...
According to Plato, his Theory of Forms states perfection only lives in the realm of thought. There only exists one of every ideal and the rest is just a copy. This one creation is called a form, the most flawless representation of an idea. In the physical world everything is a copy of these forms and all copies are imperfect. Plato believed in two worlds; the intelligible world and the illusionistic world. The intelligible world is where everything is unchanging and eternal. We can only grasp the intelligible world with our mind. It is the world of ideas and not senses. A place where there are perfect forms of the things we know on Earth. According to Plato everything in the world we live in is an illusion. All objects are only shadows of their true forms. His theory further states every group of objects that have the same defying properties must have an ideal form. For example, in the class of wine glasses there must be one in particular that is the ideal wine glass. All others would fall under this ideal form.
One of Plato’s theories is his view on the universe, called Theory of Forms. According to Plato, we live in world that is constantly undertaking change. Plato says that nothing is ever permanent; people, animals and crops, and wildlife live and then die eventually. Buildings and infrastructures diminish as well. He believes that even the present is deceiving because our senses of touch, taste and sight are not always perfect and can be wrong sometimes. Plato had said that the world which we see,
The film centers on the 2 hours when Cleo, a famous pop singer, decides to retrieve some test result from the hospital. On the other hand, Inception directed by Christopher Nolan in 2010 is a Sci-Fi action mystery about an dream extractor, Cobb, going on a mission in exchange for a chance to see his family again. The mission is planting a idea into a corporation CEO’s mind, so the CEO will destroy his father’s company. He recruits a group of people with expertise in their own field, and in the end, they plants the idea successfully. The two films are in both genre and narratives.
Which in turn creates formed matter. Without one you cannot have the other. Unlike with Plato where everything is perspective and that we only see copies that are lacking perfection because they are in this other world of Forms. Claiming that there are two worlds that run simultaneously but that we as humans may never see because we cannot break free of the chains. Aristotle states that everything is in one world. Which makes more sense since this other world from Plato cannot be seen. Also even the minutest objects have a meaning such as atoms which are smaller than the eye can see and yet they have a
“The key is faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it” was said by Elder Cloward. In Inception there have been many characters that have self sacrificed themselves. It’s a science fiction, action and thriller film. It was directed in 2010 by Christopher Nolan. Inception is about how an idea, planted into a subject’s mind thought a dream state, can take over their very being and existence almost like a virus.
If there was no knowledge of such “Forms”, we will not be able to classify them and its definition. In order for him to call a true “Forms”, it needs to have certain characteristics along with their functions and requirements. For this, the “Forms” needs to be unchangeable; it has to be eternal. It can only be understood by the intellect and not by the senses; the source needs to be Divine, and lastly it has no physical existence. Moreover, he will definitely attempt to define the different types of “Forms” called beauty, justice and the good. Even though we have not seen beauty, justice, and the good, we can say what is close to its meaning as possible. To illustrate this we will say the girl has beautiful eyes. Would this statement defines what beautiful means? No, but it put us closer to its truthful definition without seeing a perfect example of it. Therefore, people’s knowledge will be carried from one vehicle (the human body) to and another vehicle per Plato’s theory of knowledge, forms and recollection, the soul will be transported from the underworld to the real world of the
Plato claims the theory of forms is justification of the rule of philosophers over non-philosophers. Plato thinks that philosophers should “rule as kings in their cities, or those who are nowadays called kings and leading men become genuine and adequate philosophers so that political power and philosophy become thoroughly blended together.” (pg. 166, 473d) Plato states “the form of the good is the greatest thing to learn about… and if we do not know it, you that even the fullest possible knowledge of other things is of no benefit to us” ( Pg. 199, 505a)The forms are an orderly, purposeful structure aiming at and the pinnacle of which is the idea of the form of the good, it brings and gives meaning and purpose to everything it includes, which