E SE FOSSI PROGRAMMATO? | Philip K. Dick, La formica elettrica e la fine della realtà

The story that destroys identity, reality, and free will Do we really live in the real world or inside a tape running before our eyes? Philip K. Dick imagines a man who discovers he is not human but an organic robot. From that moment, every certainty collapses: identity, freedom, love, reality. One of the most disturbing works of twentieth-century philosophical science fiction. And perhaps one of the most timely. In this episode of Philosophical Excursions, we explore The Electric Ant, one of Philip K. Dick's most disturbing stories: a dizzying reflection on identity, free will, simulation, and the control of reality. When Garson Poole discovers he is an organic robot, every certainty collapses. But the true revelation is even more shocking: what he calls "the world" may be nothing more than a system of artificial stimuli. A story that anticipates The Matrix and poses a still-timely question: how much of what we believe to be real depends on us? 🎧 Recommended Playlist: Philosophy and Literature: When Stories Think 👉    • FILOSOFIA E LETTERATURA - LEZIONI E INTERP...   Support the project 💳 Free donation to support the channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/confi... 📝 "Active student" subscription (previews and reserved materials):    / @scorribandefilosofiche   🔔 Subscribe to the channel to never miss the next Philosophical Excursions:    / channel   📚 Books – Philosophical Excursions Practical Philosophy Journeys between Ancient and Modern 👉 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Philosophy in the Garden (Epicureanism), paper/ebook, YCP 2025 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Free Within (Epictetus), paper/ebook, YCP 2024 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 The Crutch (Existential Novel), ebook, YCP 2023 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Philosophy under the Portico (Stoicism), paper/ebook, YCP 2023 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 🧭 Philosophical Counseling Individual counseling based on dialogue, aimed at those who wish to address existential or decision-making questions through the tools of the philosophical tradition. It is not a form of therapy. 👉 Information: https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📚 Essential reading list for the lecture — Philip K. Dick, The Invisible Presences: Stories 1952–1981, Fanucci, Rome, various editions. (Also contains The Electric Ant in the most recent Italian collections) — Philip K. Dick, The Electric Ant, in Tutti i racconti, Fanucci, Rome, various editions. — Emmanuel Carrère, I Am Alive, You Are Dead: Philip K. Dick 1928–1982, Adelphi, Milan, 2005. — Umberto Rossi, The Twisted Worlds of Philip K. Dick. A Reading of Twenty Ontologically Uncertain Novels, McFarland, Jefferson, 2011. — Laurence A. Rickels, I Think I Am. Philip K. Dick, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2010. Cylinder Five and Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie are songs licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/