In the book “On Academic Scepticism,” the argument of the senses is presented between the Stoics and the Academics. This argument is represented by Lucullus who defends the Stoics view that the senses contain the highest truth, and Cicero who represents the Skeptics who believe that the senses are faulty. Lucullus believes that the senses are clear and certain, claiming that “there is a great deal of truth in the senses, providing they are healthy and properly functioning and all obstacles and impediments are removed” (p.13, sec.19). In this way, he believes that our senses provides us with the truth and they are powerful because they allow us to apprehend the things that happened around us. Also, he gives examples of how painters and musicians
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Many times people are deceive by the senses in a way that they could swear that what they saw or heard was real. In my experience, I have been deceived many times by my sight. Especially when I have been driving for several hours, and suddenly, my brain erases some objects, it could be the trees or the cars next to me. Also, when I am looking to a house’s window or from my window, sometimes I can swear I am seeing the shadow of somebody, but in reality it might be the shadow of another object or the light reflecting and causing it. The best example this discussion brought to my mind is what happened to my dad when I was 5 years old. I remember him washing his car in the backward while I was playing, and suddenly the police came to my house and arrested him. My mom asked what was going on, and the police just told her that there was an accusation against my dad for robbery and assault. They brought the lady who made the accusation and she swore it was my dad. She seemed really sure, even though my dad was telling her that he is innocent and he has never commit any kind of crime. But, she did not change his mind. Turns out she was wrong, and the actual thief was similar to my dad. She apologized to my dad and our family, and my dad did not even sue the lady for the false accusation. This example shows that even though our senses seem pretty clear, many times they are not. Sometimes they can fool us in little
Many times people are deceive by the senses in a way that they could swear that what they saw or heard was real. In my experience, I have been deceived many times by my sight. Especially when I have been driving for several hours, and suddenly, my brain erases some objects, it could be the trees or the cars next to me. Also, when I am looking to a house’s window or from my window, sometimes I can swear I am seeing the shadow of somebody, but in reality it might be the shadow of another object or the light reflecting and causing it. The best example this discussion brought to my mind is what happened to my dad when I was 5 years old. I remember him washing his car in the backward while I was playing, and suddenly the police came to my house and arrested him. My mom asked what was going on, and the police just told her that there was an accusation against my dad for robbery and assault. They brought the lady who made the accusation and she swore it was my dad. She seemed really sure, even though my dad was telling her that he is innocent and he has never commit any kind of crime. But, she did not change his mind. Turns out she was wrong, and the actual thief was similar to my dad. She apologized to my dad and our family, and my dad did not even sue the lady for the false accusation. This example shows that even though our senses seem pretty clear, many times they are not. Sometimes they can fool us in little