Choose a television show, movie, novel, piece of music, video game, work of art, theatre play, manga, etc. that you think explores a philosophical problem, view, or question we’ve raised in class so far. Ensure that you address two things: a) clearly explain the relevant problem that piece of media presents, and b) tell me why and how you think it does this.
Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of topics we have raised so far:
What is true knowledge?
The self
The arché
Methodological doubt
Socratic method
The reality of the external world
The world of Forms and the world of matter
The Cartesian demon/deceiver
Plato’s cave
Personal/numerical/qualitative identity
Moral education
Criteria for personal identity (brain/body/psych)
Happiness as eudaimonia
The “Ship of Theseus” problem
Habit and virtue
The reality of identity
The doctrine of the mean
Mind-body dualism
The nature of language
The nature of consciousness
The existence of other minds
Non-human consciousness
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