INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY ASSIGNMENT 2 FALL 2006 NAME ____________________________ SECTION___________________________ All answers must be typed. Staple this sheet to the top of your typed answers. Failure to do either of these steps will result in the loss of points.   (10) 1. Do the Food for Thought Exercise on page 139 of Rauhut. (10) 2. Do the Food for Thought Exercise on page 141 of Rauhut. (10) 3. In your own words, explain one of the arguments for substance dualism (Rauhut, p. 142-148) (10) 4. Read the section on The Matrix (p. 145-152) in Porter. Explain in your own words the situation faced by most of humanity in the movie The Matrix. (10) 5. Explain how being in the Matrix is like Plato's cave analogy. (10) 6. Given Neo's choice between the blue and red pill, which would you take? Why? (10) 7. Would you leave the cave in Plato's analogy? Why or why not? (20) 8. The Matrix has also been compared to Descartes' dream argument. What does Descartes conclude about knowledge from the dream argument? How is this different from what Plato concludes from the cave analogy? (10) 9. What does the Matrix make you think about knowledge?