Thought Probes

Living in the Matrix: Is it possible that you are living in a computer-generated dream world as depicted in the movie The Matrix?
Are you living in a computer simulation? (http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html) Nick Bostrum’s argument that we may be living in a computer simulation.



What's So Bad about Living in the Matrix? (http://www.princeton.edu/~jimpryor/papers/matrix.html) Article on the Matrix by James Pryor.



The Matrix Online (http://www.thematrixonline.com/docs/7796.html) Article considering the Bostrum’s argument that we’re living in the Matrix.



Weekly World News (http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/revelations_story.cfm?instanceid=48601) Weekly World News article on Bostrum’s article



If life is just a game, who's the programmer? (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2002/08/21/ecfqed21.xlm) Daily Telegraph article on the Bostrum’s argument



The Matrix discussion and Bible … (http://www.mbconf.ca/cem/ideabank/0003/youth-1.html) The Matrix and the Bible



The Matrix Metaphor (http://www.zenzibar.com/Articles/matrix.asp) Political implications of the Matrix

The Biblical Conception of the Person: Does the Bible support the view that people have an immortal soul?
Is Your Soul Immortal? What does the Bible say about the immortality... (http://www.truechristian.org/are_you_a_t_c/soul.htm) Interpretation of the Bible



Is there a term for 'immortal soul' in the Bible? (http://www.biblebeliefs.net/immortalsoul/wordsoul.htm) Terms translated as “soul” in the Bible



Does the Bible Teach That We Have an Immortal Soul? (http://www.ucg.org/articles/heavenhell/immortal.html) An interpretation of the Bible on the soul



Immortal Soul (http://www.ucg.org/articles/gn23/soul.html) The Bible on immortal soul

Animal Soul: Do animals have minds or souls?
Animal Consciousness (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-animal/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



Animal Intelligence (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A582275) General BBC guide with overview of issues such as symbolic complexity, tool use, etc.



NATURE: Inside the Animal Mind (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animalmind/) Collection of articles and video clips to accompany PBS television special.



Animal Cognition and Learning (http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/) Course web site with numerous links by Robert Cook (Tufts University)



ANIMAL SOUL (http://www.human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper59h.html) Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on animal soul

Bodies, Minds, and Death: Do those in a permanent vegetative state have minds? If not, should they be declared dead?
Moral Personhood (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/personho.htm) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



Ethics and Personhood (http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Centers/Ethics/publications/submitted/Perry/neurological.html) Article on personhood and PVS (permanent vegetative state)



Care of PVS Patients (http://www.op.org/domcentral/study/kor/pvscare.htm) Catholic view of those in a permanent vegetative state



An alternative conceptual structure for the resolution of end-of-life (http://homepage.tinet.ie/~roche) Thesis on the problems associated with those in a permanent vegetative state

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