Define what the terms “Empiricist” and “Rationalist” mean when used to refer to philosophical schools of thought, and offer specific examples of how The Matrix illustrates them.

1. https://skepticink.com/humesapprentice/2012/09/12/kant-noumenal-selves-and-the-matrix/
2. file:///C:/Users/dinaa/Downloads/Lawler,%20James%20-%20Empiricism,%20Rationalism,%20Kant%20and%20the%20Matrix.pdf
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuE0Mtr-w6g
Watch The Matrix, directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski (1998). This film can be rented for $3.99 on YouTube (Links to an external site.).
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Read the two articles listed above.
Write a short essay (2-3 pages, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins) in which you address the following questions:
In what ways does The Matrix engage with Empiricism and Rationalism?
Tip: Define what the terms “Empiricist” and “Rationalist” mean when used to refer to philosophical schools of thought, and offer specific examples of how The Matrix illustrates them.
What parallels do you see between what Covington describes as, “the Matrix scenario and Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of noumenal and phenomenal things?”
Tip: Define what Kant means by the terms “noumenal” and “phenomenal,” and offer specific examples of how The Matrix illustrates them.
Do you agree with James Lawler’s argument that Kant believes that we live in a “matrix” of our own making? Why or why not?

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