wanted to show how many if not all of the beliefs we have about the world are cases of genuine knowledge. Nevertheless, to understand the basis of “believing,” Descartes explored the ideas of skepticism and how certain we are of things happening in our surroundings. He developed three arguments: the argument from Illusion, the dream argument, and the evil demon argument (in this paper I will talk about the latter). The evil demon hypothesis claims that all we know for sure is that we exist (I think therefore I am, Cogito ergo sum). All else can conceivably be the result of input from an evil demon being who just wants to mess with us. We may not have a body or access to our senses. However, the one thing that cannot be an illusion or false input is the fact that we have thought, which gives us the capacity for us to think and rationalize about our existence in the world. Descartes, consider this hypothesis because he has reason to doubt the totality of what his senses tell him as well as the visual knowledge (shape, color, taste, form) that it seems he has. Even though Descartes objectifies the existence of an evil demon as a possible cause for our capacity to believe, he refutes this hypothesis by negating the existence of such a being. He puts forth the assumption of a God, who is all merciful and would not allow such a being to play such tricks. Thus, we can be certain that we are as we perceive ourselves, assuming, of course, we believe in a greater power, God. After proposing the evil demon argument in his first Meditation, Descartes concludes of two things being indubitable, the proposition of “I think therefore I am,” and “the contents of one’s mind.” These two things are considered to not only be certain to us and others but are items that can avoid the possibility of any falsity to slip by.

In 1999 the movie The Matrix debuted to the public and took the philosophical world by storm because it gives us an astounding visual glimpse to the basis of skepticism. The concept of the movie, although simple in paper but complex in thought, touches upon the epistemological and metaphysical questions discussed by Descartes in his Meditations I-II. To understand the connection The Matrix has with the philosophical t