The Matrix In viewing the Matrix, a 1999 Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow Picture release, there are numerous references to philosophy portrayed in the movie. In analyzing the Matrix one will be able to see how Descartes’ Meditations on Methodic doubt, his Evil Genius Hypothesis, and Plato’s allegory of the cave are portrayed in this film. According to Descartes’ Meditation on methodic doubt he tries to achieve absolute certainty about the nature of everything. In order …showed first 75 words of 1027 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1027 total…by the sentient computers. He sees now that he has been manipulated like a puppet through the Matrix. The Matrix is an excellent movie today that shows many deep insights into the philosophical world. The Matrix refers to many of Descartes’ meditations as well as Platonic overtones such as Plato’s Allegory of the cave. The Matrix shows an individual how you must question everything and that there are always two sides to a coin