Sense and reference

Keeley Harris Kidd Theory of Knowledge February 16, 2015 “To what extent do our senses give us knowledge of the world as it really is? Sense perception is any capacity of sight, smell, hearing, taste, or touch, through which the body perceives external stimulus. Sense perception in and of itself is very complex due to the subjectivity of its nature. In other words, because no two people will see, taste, feel, smell, or hear the same object in exactly the same way there is an infinite number of…

have little to no hope in developing effective communication. One of the pre requisites of intentional communication is the development of sensory abilities. These pertain to the five senses of smell, touch, taste, hearing, and smell. When the child first begins to understand language, it is these senses that will help him or her to develop a basic vocabulary. For instance, it is only by seeing the object, say a bottle, and by hearing the mother call it by that name that the child…

to Be Mad, a scholarly article from the semester which I will frequently reference, stated such in the following manner. “…we shouldn’t be surprised when any of these people, healthy or sick, use phrases like “becoming myself” and “I…

Sensory adaptation is also known as neural adaptation. A process in which changes in the sensitivity of sensory receptors arise in relation to the stimulus called Sensory adaptation. All senses are supposed to involve in the sensory adaptation. We get used to things. This goes for lots of things in life including smells, sights, sounds, people, games, and conditions. Looks like after a while we get used to everything. Sensory systems continually adapt their responses to match the existing…

The human body, but more specifically visual cues and the vestibular system allow us to determine when we are upright, sideways or turning. However, when visual references disappear the mind will tend to make up a false sense of which way is straight and level by relying mainly on the vestibular system. These false orientations created by an illusion have been deadly for many pilots, especially for those without any instrument training. Although having an instrument rating is not always the…

The Causes of Synesthesia Kelsey Burge Blackburn College PY 101 Synesthesia is a condition in which a person perceives an object with more than one sense because the brain crosses paths between the regions that are responsible for distinguishing each sense. For example, when a person sees the letter Z, he may also see the color red in his mind. In addition, it is not guaranteed that two people with synesthesia, or synesthetes as they are called, will have the same sensations when observing…

sensory processing disorder. All senses are potentially affected and some children may have a more severe case than others. The book defines SPD as “difficulty in the way the brain takes in, organizes and uses sensory information, causing a person to have problems interacting effectively in the everyday environment.” The senses that may be affected by SPD are the tactile sense, the vestibular sense, the proprioceptive sense, the visual sense, and the auditory sense. The book gives many examples…

three parts: sensation; ‘ideas’ gained through our senses, thought, and imagination/memory; imitations of ‘ideas’ collected through either sensation or thought. One could suggest this is a dangerous opening for Berkeley; he is asking his readers to, in the first sentence alone, accept that there can exist nothing except ‘ideas’. Following this categorisation, Berkeley focuses on sensation, providing lucid examples of how each of the five senses gain ‘ideas’, such as through sight, one can obtain…

Thank you for your telephone call. You were concerned on the subject of friends in the Quran. Unfortunately, we had confusion in our discussions and left the matter unresolved. I am very sad that I have failed to deliver my explanation, but I am compelled to explain my views now and hope this will enlighten you. You have exercised a verse from the Quran to your Muslim brother, concerning non-Muslim friend. But this exercise has placed you with consequence, by incurring enemy and ruined…

Larry Levis’ poem “In the City of Light” contains levels of depth that, with close reading, reveal a sense of what it truly feels like for one to experience loss. The poem chronicles the narrator’s response to his (I presume the narrator is male, although the text does not specify) father’s death, leaving his lover, and analysis of the impact of both events. Upon first reading, I was drawn in by the characterization of the narrator’s loneliness and uncertainty, and sought to grasp a better…