Depth perception

In their writings, Descartes and Berkeley argue the nature of sensible objects. Sensible objects are what are perceivable to the mind. The nature of how these objects are perceived and if, what the mind perceives exists is the foundation of both Descartes and Berkeley’s arguments. Are sensible objects distinctly external matter that are perceived by the mind, or are they created within the distinct mind and perceived directly. The arguments are related to Descartes and Berkeley’s different…

Many optical illusions take advantage of our perception, being a "construction project" and our brain constantly trying to estimate the best guess, leading for us to be easily tricked. The moon illusion is an optical illusion which causes the moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky. One of the most famous illusion and most widely discussed has been the so called "Moon Illusion". For many years psychologists have known about this and have proposed many theories to…

George Santayana, in his essay “Intellectual Ambition,” asserts that humans must work to eliminate bias created by the use of imagination over the use of their senses and understanding in their perceptions of reality; he states that the faculty of understanding is often dulled by that of imagination, which often wastes initially “good” ideas by turning them into unrealistic dreams. Santayana supports his claims by describing the role of the sense of sight in the human mind, then the thought…

In this article, the researchers studies the effect that an auditory signal has on one’s perception of another individual’s eye gaze. The researchers talk about how people are born with the ability to differentiate between direct and adverted gaze, and this ability becomes increasingly important throughout adulthood. Another important social signal has to do with a person’s auditory system. In infancy, children become sensitive to hearing their own name and to being spoken to in a slow,…

In 1791, the bill of rights was ratified, included within it, the first amendments to the constitution. Which protected the freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly, religion, and petition. It destroyed the old system of complete governmental control and allowed the press to openly critique the state and those who ran the state. The media became the bridge crossing the gap between rulers and ruled, protected by the foundational law of the country. After two hundred and twenty five years, as…

Locke’s Limited Representationalism states that “Locke agreed with the naive representationalist that some of the properties of our sense data resemble properties of the matter that cause sense data. However, according to Locke, not all properties of our sense data resemble properties of matter”. Locke upheld that all objects have certain characteristics that fall into two categories, primary qualities and secondary qualities. Primary qualities exist in the object such as the shape size and…

relationship of his view on natural philosophy and his dualism about mind and matter. Before presenting Descartes ' natural philosophy there must be explained the difference in between appearance and reality. Appearance is the world measured by our perception…

play in art and art-related knowledge. Firstly, the other ways of knowing cannot be discounted in this exploration of the ways of knowing in art. Sense perception is clearly important to all mediums of art- visual, auditory, or other mediums. Sense perception is the first way in which we access art. As we interpret the art using sense perception, we unconsciously and immediately use reason to interpret the meaning of…

The survey that I chose to complete was called Attitudes and Perceptions (University of Sunderland, United Kingdom). Without getting into in-depth detail the survey predominantly encompassed perceptions with breast feeding, social behavior and gender equality. Initially I was asked to give my view point on short stories and how disgusted I felt with the situation that was presented…

of “Tattoos Can Harm Perceptions: A Study And Suggestions,” discusses how people with tattoos receive negative attention from their peers when they are of age to enter the workforce. Aaron Arndt, author of “What Tattoos Tell Customers About Salespeople: The Role of Gender Norms,” would agree with Wiseman, because his studies found that it is dependent on someone 's age and gender how tattoos are viewed among people and whether they are given a positive or a negative perception. From these two…