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Author Topic: Brain in a Vat Hypothesis  (Read 171 times)

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Brain in a Vat Hypothesis
« on: July 29, 2009, 09:54:10 PM »
I've always had an interest in this idea, partially because its basically half the philosophy of The Matrix Trilogy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/brain-vat/

http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/brainvat.htm

any thoughts?

personally I find Mrs. Putnam's theory disturbingly insufficient.

Also, if the brain in a vat hypothesis is correct, would the brains be hooked up to a common machine, or is each in it's own construct, and is there any way to prove it?

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