Sense data

dreaming, it follows that I don’t know that I am standing up, even if I both actually am and think that I am” (Moore, pg 30). His argument takes the idea of certainty when using what he does know from the clues that his senses give him versus what he doesn’t know. Moore uses his senses in his argument as the assurance of the certainty of his state of existence, as opposed to Descartes who uses it as the reason for his continuous doubt. Moore raises a very good point in that he exposes the…

different realms, the realm of being and becoming. For Plato, the realm of being encompasses that things do not change, born or die whereas, the realm of becoming holds that things do change and perish. The world of becoming is observed through our senses and the realm of being is perceived through the mind or reason. For constructing an account of reality, only the concept of what is can only be utilized. The concept of what is not cannot be used in…

People think that their children naturally accumulate knowledge when they have access to high quality education. Actually, the higher education gives a possibility for them to grow and to develop themselves, when they know what needs to be improved. However, the education does not guarantee their growth and development when they do not acknowledge their weaknesses. Knowing one’s weakness is indispensable for developing or overcoming it. In the novel of Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray,…

To accurately process information about one 's surroundings, humans use five senses to interpret them. In 2011, Gehl wrote about how the five senses work in both physical and social situations. He mostly described the perception and optimal distances for each sense. But how does this relate to parks? Every park has a designer or many. These designers had to plan out every element from obvious aspects like bridges and playgrounds to seemingly arbitrary details like how tall a ledge should be or…

The Carl’s Jr. commercial Too Hot for TV gives a minor insight into one of the major controversies we face today. We have somehow taught ourselves that it is okay to objectify women, to sell products with sex, and to wrongly construe how men perceive women. Too Hot for TV is about a woman walking through an outdoor market, seemingly naked, while a series of men are caught off guard and stare as she nonchalantly walks by. There are a few parts that are made to be comical; for example, they place…

affect four of their five senses: taste, touch, hearing, and seeing (Myers, 2013, p. 223). They use the previously motioned properties to make understanding of the individuals’ surroundings. “Perceptual sets are mental states or associations that are activated before an object comes into view” (Balcetis, 2013, p.3). Perceptual sets are therefore influenced by psychological factors as opposed to physical ones. This not only affects how we interpret things using our senses, but they affect how the…

Indeed, the use of the senses and mood in imagery and the strengthening and connections of symbolism greatly illuminate the reader’s knowledge of literary works. The elements of literature are used throughout all pieces of work and without these essentials, all these works would be just a complete cluster of words thrown…

However, most are unaware that a positive personality contains different factors that must be considered separately in order to fully grasp the concept, the two factors that help make up a positive personality are; personality adjustments and personality growth. Each playing a distinct role in shaping who we become, as seen in a study conducted at Jacobs Center for the Study of Lifelong Learning, International University Bremen, Germany ”Why do we think that the distinction between personality…

option in opposing situations. As snow falls at 1 a.m. in December, the beautiful sound is a personification of pure confidence. The patience allows for one to gather the deepest thoughts and extend their intellect toward entering the realm of the five senses. When true patience is attained, the very air we breathe achieves the taste of sweetness, and the wind we feel increases…

He explains that the reason humankind cannot be sure of these things is because the all powerful being may have created existence so that all corporeal objects are but a perception of the human mind, and that they do not exist in any real, physical sense. This idea is supported…