The Philosophy of Murder: On the Connotation/Empty Philosophy of "The Oxford Murder" Given the film's title, "The Oxford Murder," it is based on what appears to be a novel of the same name. The specific connection between the film and the novel does not need to be too much, just look at this film. The Oxford Murder, it's a suspense movie, it's definitely suspenseful, but it's not that suspenseful. I don't see this movie as such a suspense movie, a mathematically decrypted suspense movie. Because it's not just like that. If this movie is just a math-esque suspense, then as many have commented, it's not great, or even far-fetched. On the contrary, the film does a good job of its suspense: it is precisely "anti-mathematical". The Oxford Murder, its greatest suspense is that it suspensed its suspense. "The Oxford Murder" is a film about the philosophy of murder. Or rather, it brings out the (modern) murder of philosophy. ] On the surface, there are four murders in the Oxford murder case. The people who were "murdered" in the film: an old woman with disabled legs, a man who is always in critical condition, an old sick man, and ten mentally handicapped children. As for the second and third murders, to quote the characters on the show: it's a "murder" that hardly counts as a murder. Further, let me say this: none of the four "murders" are actually murders. That's because they are all people living in extreme "chaos": their lives are dead. In this way, the Oxford Murder is too misnamed, because there is no murder in it! However, the real murder is elsewhere, and the real Oxford murder begins at the beginning of the film: the murder of philosophy. The philosophical killer spokesperson of "Philosophy of Murder" is Professor Seldom. In a way, the process of murdering philosophy has already happened: it has happened in thought, in Wittgenstein's Treatise on Logic and Philosophy. This is where the film begins: Wittgenstein writes his theory of logic and philosophy in the midst of war. The story is told by Professor Sledom, who introduced Wittgenstein's philosophy of logic in his class. The professor wrote "Can We Know the [Philosophy is dead, and the implication of this conclusion for life is that life is chaos. No life is not chaotic. 】 I have to say, the professor's remarks, his murder philosophy is impeccable. But if this is the case, the murder philosophy has been successful, then the next film progress is not necessary! However, no one wants to accept the fact that life is chaotic. Martin still holds on to his belief that the truth of mathematics still lives as a reality in his mind. To prove that philosophy is dead, that is to prove that mathematics does not have actual truth, then the untruth of mathematics must be proved in reality. The realization of this proof process can truly achieve the purpose of murder philosophy. And this proof process is the "serial murder case" that happened next. The four murders correspond to the four items of a graphic sequence (which may be called a "Pythagorean sequence"): circle, intersection of two circles, triangle, ten-point triangular lattice (Tetraktys). And these four items are not the logic that runs through the series of cases, but Seldom makes everyone think so by virtue of Martin's belief in the real truth of mathematics. The real case is chaotic and illogical, and the so-called correspondence with the Pythagorean sequence is only fictional. This fully supports the professor's assertion that mathematics has nothing to do with real truth. Here are four murders that weren't murders: In the first, Beth and her mother's lives were chaotic: she killed her mother, a half-dead, and Beth's hope was from the half-dead rebirth. The second, the death of a terminally ill patient. The third, the accidental death of an old patient. The fourth item, driven by the fictional logic of the first three items and the helplessness of his own chaotic life, killed ten mentally handicapped children by one person in order to provide organs for his daughter who needed an organ transplant. After these cases, sad or not, everyone is relieved that this series of "murder cases" is over. Ah, you might think: what these cases follow is nothing more than a sequence of figures. However, in the end, Martin took advantage of the chance to find out that no one knew the logic of the series of cases in advance. In fact, there was no so-called logical inevitability. Martin told Professor Seldom his epiphany in a counterfeit museum: This is what Seldom already knew. Martin, finally had to admit: [Truth is not mathematical; truth is absurd, chaotic, random, disorderly and disturbing]. However, the film's narration of the chaotic nature of life is not over yet. The professor finally said the initial state of the real chaotic case, the trigger point for the progress of this series of cases, just the casual words Martin said to Beth: You should try it. The words echoed in Beth's near-desperate mind, leading her to take a risky step... If this chain of cases is the butterfly effect, then Martin is the butterfly, and his words are the flapping of the wings. In this way, the whole Oxford murder mystery has gone one step further: not just a sequence of Pythagorean figures, but a chaotic phenomenon. If the Oxford Murder is only regarded as such a suspense, then it can be said that the butterfly effect goes beyond the Pythagorean sequence, and further reveals the suspense of the film. If that's all, it's misunderstanding the entire Oxford Murder Labyrinth. This finally compares this sequence of cases to the butterfly effect, not to make the whole case more plausible, on the contrary, it further demonstrates the chaotic nature of life. Its goal is not to reveal logic, but to counter it. In short, none of the four cases that appear to be the subject of the Oxford murders are. They are just a set of arguments that prove the untruth of mathematics, the unreality of logic, and thus, ultimately, aim to succeed in the murder of philosophy. This is the real theme of the whole Oxford murder case, and the real murder. [But this is just the modern way of murdering philosophy, there are many other ways of murdering philosophy in history. ] These four cases are the main real evidence of the film's philosophy of murder. In addition to these, the film actually runs through the murder of philosophy. These murders can be divided into two categories, one is to deny the real truth of mathematics; the other is to describe the absurdity of life. The question of "whether mathematics has real truth" (which is potentially the question of whether philosophy is alive, whether life is intelligible or meaningful) is discussed throughout the film. Professor Seldom and Martin argue on the street whether the facts are absolutely certain; the professor introduces Martin to the man who went mad and self-mutilated because he found the logic unreliable: Coman proved Wittgenstein's assertion in practice... . Beyond that, there are many stories about the absurdity of life: Jesus is a terrorist, the "Green case" discussing the perfect crime, the unsuccessful "Gunpowder Plot" to be remembered entertainingly... In short, these side stories are all Not illogically implicated, but just to the point of murdering philosophical goals. [Professor Seldom says to Martin: Are you that butterfly, Martin? 】Actually, who is not the butterfly in the butterfly effect? Human life, every move, is not all the wings of the butterfly fan! It's for feeling.
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