Blog 4 "Metaphysics"

Source and ontological status are both terms used to distinguish between the "real" and the "unreal" world. I found that these terms are explained in a complex manner but are not too complex in there nature.
Source is basically a person, place or thing from which something originates from. Gracia and Sanford are stating that we know the source of human beings beings born in the city of Zion, but we do not know the prime source for these things. What they are saying is that we don't know from where all humans came from and how they started living in the "real world." What is known is that the "unreal" world does not directly affect the "real" world. The source of all things in the matrix, or the "unreal" world, are the artificially intelligent machines in the "real" world. What we have to understand is that in looking for the source we are trying to find what the ultimate origin of all these things are such as humans, machines, and everything else. We are trying to find the beginning of these things and where they came from primitively.
Now, when we look at the ontological status, we can see that it distinguishes the "real" and "unreal" world by the way they exist. The solution is found based on dependence. In the movie we see that there is nothing that the "real" world is dependent of. The matrix, or the "unreal" world however, is dependent on the machines in the "real" world for it's existence. When we see how the "real" world and "unreal" world relate, we can see how that which is "real" and that which is "unreal" is determined.
Throughout the reading of "The Real and the Unreal," source and ontological status are two terms used to name two ways in which we can distinguish between that which is real and that which is unreal.
I agree and disagree with Gracia and Sanford. I agree in the sense that we can distinguish between that which is real and that which is unreal in our own perspective. But, how is it that we can determine the things that are real or unreal if we can't determine if what we're living is truly real? That is the real question. It is something to think about