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    Education” both contend that education is a process of freeing the chains of deception and false images that make us prisoners in the cave of ignorance. I agree with both Plato and Freire in saying that without education, like the prisoners, our perception of reality is distorted by our lack of knowledge. In Plato’s essay, “Allegory of The Cave” Plato creates a story about three prisoners in a cave, through this he further makes his point that without knowledge our view of the truth is askew. Plato explains

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    Dropbox assignment 1 Teacher: Mr. Perry Broome Duncan Cijsouw (0617745) 10/05/2011 Consumer perception process Part 1a This is about the way consumers perceive a product or a brand. This recognition of a product or brand is based on two different things: Learning and Perception. These two phrases mean something completely different, but are in fact closely connected when it comes to consumer perception. Learning Learning is a change in behavior from the interaction between a person and a stimulus

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    the man who believed the shadows were real since he was a child comes to this sudden realization that all he knew since he was young was a lie would think that the truth was to complicated to believe in. The light symbolizes how reality can be blurred by people’s perceptions of what the truth actually

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    practice their religion by following what is expected of them according to history of the religion. Religion influences people and is a factor in shaping one 's perception. Virtually, people tend to follow the rules of the religion they practice. With this our society will adopt these ideas and this will be a factor in shaping one 's perceptions. Religion can also lead to stereotypes, that create an title for people who are part of the religion. This stereotypes are not an accurate representation of

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    shadows he has seen his entire life are not real; there is a world other than the cave. In "The Allegory of the Cave", Plato skillfully uses rhetorical appeals such as symbolism and logos to convince the reader that humans view reality as the visible world when reality is

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    One of the most important ideas upon which Descartes’s proof of the existence of God rests is that rational minds face constraints. While God is the absolute infinite, humans and other beings exist with limitations on their actions. One of these limitations is human intellect, which Descartes names as one component of the cause of our tendency toward error as humans. The finite nature of human intellect, he argues, combines with an infinite will which causes us to seek an understanding of phenomena

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    Ontology Metaphysics

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    needs . Specifically looking at the Philosophical theory (25%) – summary of the relevant sub-discipline or school of thought (e.g., existentialism) Ontology Metaphysics is “a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being” (Inwagen & Sullivan2014). Within the study of metaphysics is branch of ontology, which is described as being the “essence of being”, or what makes us human (Professor D. C. Malloy, personal communication, 2017). Further breaking down the

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    How do we know what is real? This is a question asked by everyone at some point during his or her life. Humanity’s ability to discern reality from fantasy is something we take for granted and sometimes we fail to question. These theories were discussed by great philosophers like Plato and Descartes and were more recently brought mainstream by the hit film The Matrix. While The Matrix brings up similar questions as these philosophers, there are also a few different ideas the movie would like the

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    The Cave Symbolism

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    submissive and ignorance as the truest form of primitivism, to the freed prisoner who has then become adjusted to the outside world and its abundance of wisdom and truth. a) The Cave: The cave represents people and their misinterpreted and observant perception of truth and knowledge, based only on what is seen and heard. My outlook on this stemmed from the impression of its confinement and darkness. Those shielded from the light of the truth. b) The Chained Prisoners: These prisoners represent people

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    characters separate themselves from society's idealistic realism. Nevertheless, where is their identity placed when living in a different realism? How does one understand the reality of a person with a fragmented mind? "`Linda, who told you? Who told you I would come? Who?'" (Gibson, 242) In the passage above, case enters another reality in which he is able to interact wit the dead. A duality forms

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