Evil-Demon’s in my head? Descartes proposes that all of our experiences are merely an ongoing dream. Meaning, everything we know and understand to be “real” is a sham. In this paper I am going to argue, first that through this thought-experiment Descartes tries to deny the concept of knowledge. Second, I will show how he responds to his own questions posed through his hypothesis. Lastly, I will demonstrate how the film “Matrix” helps one …showed first 75 words of 1489 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1489 total…theory of an evil-demon the norm or take it as natural context; he merely asks that you consider such a theory as only a thought. As a possibly of what could be. Although there is the movie “Matrix” to help explain Descartes’ theory, centuries after the original theory was brought about, some still don’t fully understand the thought-experiment. But because of such modern help Descartes’ thoughts still live on in modern philosophy and society.