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Plato, Allegory of the
Cave (Republic, Bk VII)
Reality and appearance, original and copy
Remakes, in the allegory Outside the cave
Reality, real things
Original, model
Being in the light, enlightened (sun)
Truth—universal, unchanging truths
Inside the cave
Appearances
Copy, imitation, shadow
Being in the dark, unenlightened (or with some light, but not much--fire)
Illusion (or at least, not the same as universal truths)
The Allegory of the Cave
The Allegory of the Cave
Ejbsf, “Texting (27 Jan 10),” Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejbsf/4312589663/ Licensed CC-BY-NC-ND: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
Nicholas Smale, “Watching the Match in Malt,” Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholassmale/4737894341/ Licensed CC-BY: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
How does Google give you search results?
“PageRank”: (from About.com) http://is.gd/Mohvmr -- but this isn’t all Google uses to rank pages
Personalized search: This page explains clearly; it’s an ad for another search engine, though—not endorsing that here. http://dontbubble.us/
Eli Pariser’s TED talk on internet “filter bubbles”: http://is.gd/1ufqJz
How does Facebook determine what to show in your news feed
& search results? “What is EdgeRank and why does it matter?”
from Mashable.com: http://is.gd/l6eoru
“Facebook Graph Search Promotes Network Thinking in a Bubble,” from Nodus Labs: http://is.gd/scUH1N