Five senses

though from a distance the objects were not as they appeared to be they still retained within them those certain mathematical properties even when displayed to our eyes as being different than what it actually is. Descartes concludes that since our senses deceive us constantly that he cannot be certain of the sensational information regarding objects that are provided to him and through that conclusion he observes that the only things he can be certain of the items displayed to him are the…

situations involve an individual feeling “incomplete” or “wrong” in their current body or self. In the case of transsexuals, they feel that they have been born in the wrong body in the sense that they feel they should be another gender. Those with apotemnophilia also feel that they should have a different body, but in the sense that they perceive one or more of their limbs as “extra” or “not a true part of themselves.” Both situations involve building one’s identity around what will make them…

completely up, or lay it straight down, almost touching the sand. During this moment I decide to lay the chair down with my back against the straps. As I look up and open my eyes towards the sky, I see the sun glistening down on my body, giving me a sense of overwhelming warmth, which subconsciously represents my life in many stressful moments. However as I slowly start to overcome the heat I picture a huge palm tree shadowing over my body giving me a rush of cooling, comfort. I must remember…

force and by our very senses and the downward spiral it can lead to. Descartes expresses an almost paranoid circular argument for reality. Descartes famously stated “I think therefore I am”, but if one cannot trust one’s own thoughts how can reality be truly known. And what if ones sense of reality is merely the deception of a demon (Descartes). All three works ask the reader a disturbing question. Is the world you live in and experience truly real? Can we trust what our senses inform us to be…

want to use his senses or imagination because as he has stated before they can be deceiving. He asserts how his senses and imagination are deceiving because he does not know if what he sees, smells or perceives to be truth, exists only in his head. He uses a piece of wax to explain what he thinks the wax is according to his senses. His sense of taste tells him that it still has some of the honey flavor, his sense of smell says that it still smells like flowers and his sense of touch says…

“composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg” (“Shakespearean sonnet”). In “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare establishes a shifting tone through the quatrain structure, words that target the senses, and a repetition of words and poem structure that can be related to many aspects of love. When reading “Sonnet 130,” the poem shifts from a positive to a negative tone throughout the quatrain structures. A quatrain is “a stanza of four…

trauma is so bad that it ends up in death. Tactile perception is a very important part to us humans and animals and without it we wouldn’t be here. Tactile perception is the sense of touch. It also has to do with the brain’s ability to perceive what is being touched. Touch is a complex system called the somatosensory system; the sense that someone receives touching is determined by amount of pressure, vibration, and temperature via receptors of the skin. The brain processes tactile perception…

aligned with this belief, many dualists also hold rationalist views, or that one may gain knowledge via a priori experience. The rationalist believes that “there are significant ways in which our concepts and knowledge are gained independently of sense experience,” (Markie). Therefore, some knowledge exists without any input from the body and is a characteristic of the mind. As an analogy, consider the mind as a set volume of water. That water may be transferred between a variety of…

Language Theory / Neurological Explanation Due to Bernie having difficulty with following directions, remaining on task, interacting appropriately with adults and peers, and since language is still developing, a cognitive connectionist language theory is best described for Bernie’s case. Cognitive connectionist or information-processing theorist according to Nickola W. Nelson in Language and Literacy Disorders, 2010, believe language is learned “using the same set of information process…

issue with sensory processing because of their difficulty to understand others causes the perceptual overreactions (Gilberg 51). Autism possibly having an effect on intelligence is a controversial topic. This is considered a controversy because there is no concrete proof that ASD directly impacts intelligence. During the research I found three possible answers that show how autism may affect intelligence. The brain functioning of someone on the autism spectrum can cause some intellectual…