Five senses

Karl Beck son and Arthur Gang define the term “Synaethesia” as the intermingling of sensations; the sensing for example of certain sounds through colors or odors .(Beck son and Ganz,209) .Fogle , while amplifying Professor June E. Downey”s concept of synasthesia ,hints at the possibility of visual participation in some of the sensation clusters concerned : “ The function of all poetic imagery is to order ,relate, and unify desperate modes of physical, mental and emotional experience…

The Misrepresentation of Sharks Do you enjoy the ocean? Whether you do or not, millions of people around the world love the ocean. Many of those people don’t just love the ocean, but also depend on it. Oceans cover approximately 70% of the Earth’s surface and are vital to life around the globe. Beneath the surface of the sea lies copious amounts of life in countless forms. The ocean provides food and jobs for people around the globe. The harvesting of sea animals has become a massive industry…

Eagleman suggests that we can get really good at adjusting our senses, body and mind so we can perceive unknown worlds that coexist with us in this marvelous creation that has left us with many unanswered questions. He believes that with the advantage of technology we can expand our umwelt (surroundings) and that it…

Locke argues that our senses give us knowledge of ‘the existence of things outside us’. How does he argue for this view and do you think his arguments are plausible? If so, why? If not, could they be improved or should they be rejected? Provide an argument to support your view. John Locke was a 17th century English philosopher, who played a crucial role on representing Empiricism. In his well-known essay, Knowledge of the existence of other things, Locke argues that we know the existence of…

In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, perception versus reality is a recurring conflict for Gene, Leper and Finny in the novel. Perception is defined as “an interpretation or impression of something or an opinion or belief” while reality is defined as “the quality or state of being actual, true and unchangeable.” In the novel, the characters don’t understand each other which cause their perceptions of each other to be inaccurate. Despite their friendship, Gene and Finny don’t know the true…

situation. In the reading, he provides us with particular strategies on dumpster diving such as what is good and what is not, where, and when to go scavenging. For example, “Eating safely from the dumpsters involves three principles: using the senses and common sense to evaluate the condition of the found materials, knowing the dumpsters of a given area and checking them regularly, and seeking always to answer the question “Why was this discarded?”(140, Eighner) Through this, Eighner develops a…

It is the shared experiences that we impart with and our personal perceptions of the world around us that truly influence our ability to find a sense of belonging. The level of belonging we identify with is directly governed by these intrinsic values that we uphold. In the memoir “Romulus, My Father” (1998) by Raimond Gaita, these ideas are explored through the protagonist, Raimond Gaita and his promiscuous mother, Christine, as their separate ideals and views become juxtaposed to demonstrate…

After reading meditations the people wondered and asked Descartes, “If all humans make mistakes, how do you know that you didn’t make a mistake in writing meditations?” He then had to come up with the concept of the problem of error to explain to his readers that there was no mistake in completing meditations. The problem of error just states that basically we all make mistakes in judgement. The problem of error is closely related to the problem of evil. The problem of evil is the introduction…

Senses,mostly everyone has 5.In most cases it makes a person.I have three senses in particular that make some part of me and they are sight,smell,and hearing g.The senses are found in 3 of my favorite things glitter,perfume scent,and quietness.All 3 are senses that when put together make some part of my personality; of who I am. Glitter! A noun that 's defines as tiny pieces of sparkling material used for decoration to give something that WOW factor. Glitter ,such a fun thing to use yet a mess…

The fifth chapter of Interplay centers itself around the principle of language, and how it so greatly effects interpersonal communication. One of the concepts that stuck out to me from this chapter was the nature of language, and how language is rule-governed. There are both phonological rules and syntactical rules, which respectively mean “how sounds are combined to form words” and “the way symbols can be arranged,” which are simply how the language is organized and interpreted to their…