Thursday, September 12, 2013

Today I had a very deep theoretical question involving philosopher John Locke. He was a 17th century philosopher. My question that I had today was what is the "Veil of Perception". This theory is that we can touch,smell,dream,and taste the world but are we really on the world or is it just an illusion.This is my interpretation of what I believe to be the ‘veil of perception.’
I think the veil of perception is kinda brain in a vat theory. How you think one thing but in reality it is another thing or that thing is not really there. I think as the veil of perception if it was true as the ultimate trick from the gods. I think that would not be possible to live in a make believe world while were doing something else but that could be true.
Locke's theory is still used today such as in the book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I think Orson Scott Card chose the name Locke as Peter’s fake name for the internet because people on the nets thought that Peter was a man but, actually he was a very smart kid.

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