allegory of the cave
Allegorical interpretations of Plato
Anekantavada
Brain in a vat
Enlightenment
Experience machine
Flatland
Intelligibility
(philosophy)
Kupamanduka
Nous
– Noumenon
Phaneron
Plato's Republic in popular culture
Simulation hypothesis
Holographic principle
Blind men and an elephant
, a rough equivalent in Eastern Philosophy
Maya
(illusion)
Surrogation
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