Examples Of Level Of Consciousness In Inception

In classical civilizations precognitive dreams took the form of prophecy. In places such as Greece, Rome, and the Near East dreams were considered omens regarding the dreamer’s future.

Precognitive dreams are often symbolic and may not be understood until the event happens. But, there are literal precognitive dreams where the dreamer can see what is about to happen in vivid detail as if they were participating in the

Once you know what you are sure of, you can build up knowledge from there. Many wonder how we can wonder we are not dreaming. Some agree that you cannot feel pain in a dream, but others say they have. The argument that dreams are not related to memory is strong because most people do not remember their dreams. Descartes explains that in a dream you can feel as if you are using all of your senses, but they seem to be more vague than when awake. Descartes struggles with the dream issue until he comes upon his conclusion. “’I now notice that there is a vast difference between [being asleep and being awake], in that dreams are never linked by memory with all the other actions of life as waking experiences are. ... But when I distinctly see where things come from and where and when they come to me, and when I can connect my perceptions of them with the whole of the rest of my life without a break, then I am quite certain that when I encounter these things I am not asleep but awake. (Med. 6, AT 7:89-90)’ (Lex, Newman)” This dream argument attributes to how we can know anything. For Neo’s sake it helps him decide weather he is really in the matrix or not.

In every great piece of art there is usually an inspiration of some sort that gave the artist influence on their production. In contemporary society, we often see modern artists use influences from past theories, ideas, designs, etc. Inception, the 2010 sci-fi action film, is a movie about illegal spying by entering the minds of certain individuals by sharing dreams. Dom Cobb and his partner, Arthur, use this tactic to extract or plant desired information from or into their unconscious. Mr. Saito, an exceedingly wealthy business owner, asks Cobb and Arthur to perform “Inception” (imbedding an idea inside a person’s mind without them recognizing) on his only remaining business competitor, Maurice Fischer. Saito wants Cobb to implant the

Daniel Bor, a psychological researcher, and author, wrote an article titled “When Do We Become Truly Conscious” published on September 4, 2012 and in this article he discusses the idea of consciousness. Through use of deductive reasoning Bor refers to early opinions viewing consciousness as magic and discusses the science behind demystifying consciousness. Bor also discusses the ethical arguments behind learning for about consciousness. Bor also lists some of the emotional arguments centered on human awareness. Bor’s use of rhetorical strategies is designed to state his opinion in a simple and easily read way.

"Thus these patients," Dr. Sacks wrote, "some of whom had been thrust into the remotest or strangest extremities of human possibility, experienced their states with unsparing perspicacity and retained the power to remember, to compare, to dissect and to testify." It was Dr. Sacks's inspired understanding of this state as possibly responsive to the drug L-dopa that led to the opening of what the film calls a "chemical window. " For a brief period, these patients regained their ability to move and speak freely. Their wildly unpredictable reactions to this physiological windfall, as documented scrupulously and reflectively by Dr. Sacks, are what give "Awakenings" its potency as both a mystery story and a meditation on the limits of human consciousness.

In "The Cognitive Unconscious", John F. Kihlstrom attempts to persuade the audience that the unconscious mind is not only real, but a valuable component to a human’s psychological processing. He does this by using diction, imagery, and ethos to rationalize, familiarize, and actualize his argument.

For many years the question of whether or not the unconscious mind really exists, and if it does then what does it consist of has baffled many theorist’s minds and has made many philosophers question themselves. There have been debates on whether the conscious mind is influenced by other parts of the mind. These parts are indented within the unconscious, which has processes such as personal habits, intuition and being oblivious to certain things in life. While we are completely aware of what is happening I the conscious mind, we have absolutely no idea of what information is stored in the unconscious mind. It is believed that the unconscious mind comprises various significant and disturbing material, which is required to be kept out of awareness as they may be too menacing to completely acknowledge and be mindful of. There are been some critics that have completely disbelieved the existence of the unconscious mind. Many psychological scientists today believe that the unconscious mind is the shadow of a “real” conscious mind. However, through extensive research, evidence has been found that the unconscious is not visibly complex, controlling, or action-orientated.

“our memories of the immediate past in conjunction with our current sensory experiences is sufficient enough to enable us to know that we aren’t dreaming” (5).

In the same way, I began by taking everything that was doubtful and throwing it out, like sand ... (Replies 7, AT 7:537)' (Lex, Newman)". This explains how foundationalism works; you must remove all of your doubt to advance to the foundationtion of which you are sure of. This is called the method of doubt. Once you know what you are sure of, you can build up knowledge from there. Many wonder how we can wonder we are not dreaming. Some agree that you cannot feel pain in a dream, but others say they have. The argument that dreams are not related to memory is strong because most people do not remember their dreams. Descartes explains that in a dream you can feel as if you are using all of your senses, but they seem to be more vague than when awake. Descartes struggles with the dream issue until he comes upon his conclusion. "'I now notice that there is a vast difference between [being asleep and being awake], in that dreams are never linked by memory with all the other actions of life as waking experiences are. ... But when I distinctly see where things come from and where and when they come to me, and when I can connect my perceptions of them with the whole of the rest of my life without a break, then I am quite certain that when I encounter these things I am not asleep but awake. (Med. 6, AT 7:89-90)' (Lex, Newman)" This dream argument attributes to how we can know anything. For Neo's sake it helps him

The introduction of “The Ego Tunnel” states “ Consciousness is the appearance of a world. The essence of the phenomenon of conscious experience is that a single and unified reality becomes present: if you are conscious, a world appears to you. This is true in dreams as well as in the waking state, but in dreamless deep sleep, nothing appears: the facts that there is a reality out there and that you are present in it is unavailable to you; you do not even know that you exist”. This introduction is about Metzinger’s view of “ consciousness”. Metzinger wants his readers to realize that nothing is what it seems to be and reality isn’t truly real. “If you are conscious a world appears to you” Metzinger uses this to show his viewers that everything

The characters in “Inception” are masters of altering and changing reality through the dream world which is somewhat similar to Dorian Gray ability to defy reality and have eternal youth. In “Inception” there is one place that is not one of the three dream levels but is described as a place of “Just raw, infinite subconscious” were people who die inside of a dream are placed and in most cases trapped unaware that they are still in a dream. Now in Dorian Gray there is not a definitive limbo like in “Inception” but Dorian Gray is still supernatural while the rest of reality is still considered to be normal. But in both cases they still have supernatural occurrences involving dream travel and special abilities, and obstacles that you face when

consciousness is always present in dreams. If it were not, we would not be able

Dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. Everyone dreams, whether they remember it or not. The real question is why some people remember their dreams and others do not? The art of remembering dreams is influenced by the first few minutes after waking, the health of a person, environmental, and biological factors. A person has a large impact on their ability to recall dreams along with what they dream about, even though many people do not know about this.

The idea of dreams telling the future is still hard to accept for some, but to others it is completely undeniable. Recent surveys have shown that “déjà vu is encountered more often than any of the other so-called mystical or paranormal experiences that have been studied” (Funkhouser). Happenings such as these have only been talked about recently not because they haven’t been around for long, but because society is finally starting to accept the idea that precognition can really exist. In a review of precognition in 1997, Barbara Brennan came to the conclusion that “it appears that there are really far more instances of precognition than is commonly realized. So many, in fact, that the phenomenon may be almost universal. The reason we are largely unaware of this is that most precognition occurs in dreams” (Funkhouser). It is not something that just happens to a select few, it is something that has occurred within all age groups, races and genders for centuries.