Decartes and The Matrix

Descartes and Matrix Matrix is an interesting movie because it examines very basic questions of philosophy. The existence of human being, the reality of this world we live and the questions of the reliability of human mind are examined during the movie. When examined deeply, it is found that the philosophy of Matrix has very common features with the philosophy of Descartes. The dream metaphor, the deception of people by a 'malignant demon', the reliability …

…Matrix, the power of God is ignored. The events, like the creation of the Matrix, are happened independently from the power of God. Whereas, Descartes says that God is 'omnipotent' (all-powerful). To conclude, it may be said that there are plenty of similarities between Matrix and the philosophy of Descartes, but Descartes' belief of God makes a very great difference and the main idea of Descartes, the existence of God, falls in contradiction with Matrix.