Extrasensory perception

asserted, “there are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. Perceptions are misconceptions, which elicit inaccurate understandings of the true world; thus they cannot be considered reality. While humans are capable of contemplating such misinterpretations, they must be false, as mankind itself is confined by a worldly boundary. The idea of developing perceptions proves to only lead to untruthful projections of reality. The human ability to…

The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave are both shared knowledge, which guide our perceptions and ideas. The question to ask ourselves is to what ‘extent’ should this ‘shared knowledge’ carve on our mindset or personal knowledge. The allegory and The Matrix, both revolve around the same notion - “What is real?”. The question that crosses my mind first is that, is it ethical to make other people believe in something that is not real? Is it okay to manipulate someone’s belief and show them a…

Innate knowledge claims that all human beings are born with knowledge and truths, in comparison to gaining knowledge empirically through the senses. Philosophers who hold the view that we acquire knowledge independently from sense experience are known as rationalists. Whereas Philosophers, such as Locke, who believe we obtain knowledge through our senses are known as empiricists. I shall be critically analysing arguments for innate knowledge from rationalists and comparing those to arguments…

ATTENUATION MODEL Our sensory systems are continually bombarded by sights, sounds, smells and other signals from the external environment. From moment to moment one possible train is taken to exclusion of many others. Some internal or external events dominate consciousness and others are barely noticed or not noticed at all. Attention refers to selecting certain stimuli from among may and focusing cognitive resources on those selected. Selective attention In real life, hundreds of stimulus…

The Loss of the Manas Throughout Yogacara, we learn about the mind, and how our sense of self disrupts our process of 'enlightenment, ' for lack of a better term. We must disregard ourselves, or rather, the selfishness of our well-being, the ego, prior to reaching higher understanding of the world and the life outside of our understanding. While there exist three 'transformations, ' we shall focus mainly on the second 'transformation, ' which relies on the transformation of the manas. Of…

When reading poetry or a novel, we tend to just read the words that are on the paper. This uses only one of our senses, our sight. Instead of using just this method to read and understand poetry, Billy Collins proposes other approaches. He wants readers to experience the poem, not just simply read it. Collins wants the reader to use more than one of their senses to understand the poem. Many times when reading, the reader tries to “torture” it to find the meaning, but Collins suggests readers…

Sense perception is the human ability to touch, taste, feel, hear and see. This sensory information is the primary way that we are able to acquaint with and better understand our external environment as it gathers substantial information about our surroundings and helps us make this information coherent. Our sense perception is vital in its purpose as its main objective is to help us humans interpret and make sense of the world. Our senses are involved in all of our daily actions and play a key…

those of other species has been a grand scientific anomaly for generations. The mind 's ability to perceive different stimuli and produce different emotions based on that stimuli is truly remarkable. The question is how do a human 's senses and perceptions relate to their emotion? What kind of emotions are evoked in people as they are exposed to different stimuli? Why can what people see, hear, or taste make them feel emotions such as happiness or sadness? The answer can be found in the way…

cousin would probably want every piece of information, so you gather all of the information from the twins and investigated what happened. The three stages of the perception process can help classify situations. “Perception takes practice, and our perceptions are more accurate on some occasions than others. Even though perception happens in stages, the stages don’t always take place in the same order.” (Floyd, 113) After gathering information…

hypnosis, including, but not limited to, methods such as the magnetic hand method and the Betty Erickson method. Most Synesthetes who undergo hypnosis often choose to remove the unconscious mind, simply because this could possibly eliminate dreamlike perceptions; however, there are both benefits and detriments associated with Synesthetic hypnosis. If the Synesthete chooses to remove their conscious mind, he/she would have to eliminate sense either partially or in its entirety. The possible loss…