{"id":13587,"date":"2011-03-18T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/inception\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T00:59:00","slug":"inception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/inception\/","title":{"rendered":"Inception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-63BFiJ4S8v0\/TYLf-fA-i2I\/AAAAAAAAAXM\/cWzv8KTMDXU\/s1600\/MV5BMjAxMzY3NjcxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTI5OTM0Mw%2540%2540._V1._SY317_.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-63BFiJ4S8v0\/TYLf-fA-i2I\/AAAAAAAAAXM\/cWzv8KTMDXU\/s1600\/MV5BMjAxMzY3NjcxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTI5OTM0Mw%2540%2540._V1._SY317_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The 2010 film <i>Inception<\/i> is a philosophically provocative film that&#8217;s been very popular with teenagers. The film is about an &#8220;extractor,&#8221; Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), someone who is able to take ideas out of people&#8217;s minds when they are dreaming and at their most vulnerable. On the run from the authorities, Cobb is hired by a business magnate to perform &#8220;inception,&#8221; in which an idea is planted in someone&#8217;s mind instead of extracted from it. This is done by creating a dream world and bringing the subject of the inception into that world, who then fills it with his or her subconscious. Along with a team he has assembled, Cobb creates a multi-layered dream to carry out the contracted inception.<\/p>\n<p>Action-packed,&nbsp;<i>Inception<\/i> would be a wonderful film to show in a high school or undergraduate philosophy class. It raises many philosophical questions, including:<\/p>\n<p>How do we know that our sensory experiences are real?<br \/>How do we distinguish dreams from waking life?<br \/>Can ideas cause physical events?<br \/>What is the relationship between memory and dreams?<br \/>Can we imagine things we haven&#8217;t experienced?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2010 film Inception is a philosophically provocative film that&#8217;s been very popular with teenagers. The film is about an &#8220;extractor,&#8221; Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), someone who is able to take ideas out of people&#8217;s minds when they are dreaming and at their most vulnerable. 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