On 3/4/15, we were joined by our former guest Law Ware to discuss two 1973 Paul Ricouer essays on applying hermeneutics to religion: "The Critique of Religion" and "The Language of Faith." Listen to the episode now. "The Critique of Religion" advised religious folks that they need to take the criticisms of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud seriously. He conglomerates them all in a Continue Reading …
Metaphors of Deception in “The Matrix” (incl. Plato’s Cave)
Back in our Descartes episode, we brought up the movie The Matrix as an example of the kind of situation whose possibility motivates Descartes's project of doubt. Here's a video getting into some of the other ways of interpreting this metaphor about deception: Watch on YouTube. One type mentioned here is Marxist "false consciousness" (which we got into a little in our Continue Reading …