Sense

how to organize visual elements into groups. This depiction above includes the following, from Gestalts’ grouping principles: We tend to determine the figure and ground relationship in an image when something first meets our gaze in order to make sense of it. Gestalts figure ground principles describes that elements in an image that are perceived…

ways. These emotions can act as a type of barrier to understanding and comprehending reality. In the book The Apology of Socrates, Meletus of the prosecution is blinded and sees reality in a distorted sense due to his large pride and hatred against Socrates. Meletus is the “representative”, in a sense, for the poets who Socrates insulted by insinuating that the poets were not wise. Meletus is rather indignant with Socrates and also is puffed up in his own self-importance. Socrates questions…

from our senses such as the sensation of touch. According to Hume, ideas are just “faint copies” of impressions that are “less forcible and lively”. An example of this is that we can love someone which is an impression and we can think about the concept of love which would be an idea. The concept will always feel fainter and weaker yet he directly…

E.Y. Harburg said “Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.” (E.Y. Harburg). This could not be more evident than in the song “Love Yourz” by the rapper J.Cole. This song is about J.Cole sharing his experiences with fame and that he had to reevaluate the things he thought would make him happy. J. Cole also spoke about his troubled childhood struggles and how he is still trying to cope with it. He spoke about the misconception that many people have, which is…

Discussions Perceptual process Perception refers to the set of processes we use to make sense of all the stimuli you encounter every second, from the glow of the computer screen in front of you to the smell of the room to the itch on your ankle. Our perceptions are based on how we interpret all these different sensations, which are sensory impressions we get from the stimuli in the world around us. Perception enables us to navigate the world and to make decisions about everything. There are…

Sometimes what an individual perceives something as can be the complete opposite of what it truly is. People create illusions or almost fantasy perceptions on what they believe something to be. False perception verses reality is seen in Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” The major theme in the story is the conflict between fantasy and reality. The main character Connie tries hard to create an adult persona using her attitude and appearance to attract…

Descartes’ Dream World Worry Descartes has a very important plan in mind for his Meditations on First Philosophy and part of this plan involves bringing everything we know into question and finding what it is that we can know about the world around us and about ourselves. He wants to do this in order to find a solid base of what we certainly know, so he can build up what we can know onto that certainty. In these meditations he brings to light some problems with knowing things that we perceive,…

describes the authors’ personal experience of listening. While he makes the division of passive listening and active practice, he also mentions the unison of both. He starts his writing by listening experience in everyday environment, including the sense of hearing, the appreciation of nature, and the protection of ear and so on. In this part, he emphasizes the relationship between keeping the ear open while being safe, that is, aware of the sounds around us while avoiding damaging sounds, such…

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…

Poems are one of the many ways for an author to convey their ideas or thoughts about things that they see through their own perspective. In “Beach Sand”, Raymond A. Foss described the enjoyment of the beach with his perspective. Through a variety of poetic devices, he creates a journey through imagery words that encourage the readers to imagine it with him. Fosses uses repetition, rhyme, and figurative languages as poetic devices to helps readers in imagining the scene and gradually understand…