How to deal with reality when we're not built to

Philip K. Dick’s writing can be infuriatingly confusing. It feeds readers many ambiguoussignals that convey no real sense of closure—and The Man in the High Castle is no exception. Perhaps bewildering the audience is the intent, not a side-effect. We crave closure for many of the questions we find in Dick’s books, and he consistently denies us any real sense of arriving at definite answers. Lingering confusion and the gnawing feeling that the true nature of reality is just out of our grasp have been the dominant themes of both Dick’s narratives and philosophical and psychological studies for decades. Together, they all attest to how important understanding and embracing confusion can be in the business of dealing with reality

How to deal with reality when we're not built to

Philip K. Dick’s writing can be infuriatingly confusing. It feeds readers many ambiguoussignals that convey no real sense of closure—and The Man in the High Castle is no exception. Perhaps bewildering the audience is the intent, not a side-effect. We crave closure for many of the questions we find in Dick’s books, and he consistently denies us any real sense of arriving at definite answers. Lingering confusion and the gnawing feeling that the true nature of reality is just out of our grasp have been the dominant themes of both Dick’s narratives and philosophical and psychological studies for decades. Together, they all attest to how important understanding and embracing confusion can be in the business of dealing with reality

How to deal with reality when we're not built to

Part of the "Popular Culture and Philosophy" series. Our chapter provides an interdisciplinary perspective on how people deal with confusion and situations that push their cognitive abilities to the limit. Inspired by and analyzed within the context of the popular science fiction book and show "The Man in the High Castle"