‘The Matrix’ is the ultimate epistemological movie and makes us consider the possibility that it could actually be true. It expresses the worries of one of the most famous works in all of philosophy: Descartes’ ‘Meditations on First Philosophy’. […]
The ‘Epic of Gligamesh’ exemplifies the life of humans who search for the meaning of life against the looming inevitability of death. […]
The myth of Enuma Elish was first discovered by George Smith in the 19th century. The myth posits that the cosmos is a battleground of the forces of good and evil. […]
The earliest thoughts and notions of humans about evil is that evil is somehow larger than individual human decisions to be bad, and that evil must predate or precede human malice. […]
For most of us, it’s important to know that we are living in actual reality and not in some sort of a simulation. However, there are theories that make us doubt the very nature of reality. […]
The correspondence theory of truth maintains that a proposition is true when it corresponds to an outer experience. Based on this definition, things could even be true even in ‘The Matrix’. The world is real, even if it is just a simulation. […]
Over centuries, thinkers, and texts have put forward their thoughts and theories on what they think evil is. These theories have defined evil in different ways. […]
Thinkers have made repeated attempts to understand evil and pain. Over the years philosophers have put forward their thoughts and theories on what evil is and what pain entails. […]
Thinking about evil is difficult and painful work. Thinkers have made repeated attempts to define and understand it, and there are three major theories about it. […]
The ‘authorial intention’ manner of interpreting a work of fiction fails to take into account changing contexts, audience acceptance, and the changing mind of the author himself. […]
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