1st Assignment in T
To what extent do our senses give us knowledge of the world as it really is?
Senses are the powers we use to learn what is happening around us. Most people know about the five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. But there are other kinds of senses which tell us about the body's needs. They are the senses of balance, hunger, thirst and pain.
Some scientists divide the senses into two groups. These groups are external senses and internal senses. The external senses tell us about things outside the body. They include the five familiar senses. The internal senses tell us about changes that take place inside the body. They send messages about such changes to the brain.
Senses are the key of the real world, they help us perceive and understand what is going on around us. Our senses and the technologies we have invented to extend them play a role in how we gain knowledge in all disciplines. But the question is how much of what we perceive is reality and how much is created by our minds and beliefs.
First of all, sometimes we see things that other people don't see due to our different point perspective. For instance, if two people look at a picture they may see different things and that's happening because of their different learning structures, their way of thinking, and the amount of attention they pay on that specific moment. Moreover, by looking at a picture we can observe things that do not exist, optical illusion as it is called. From personal experience, last week our teacher presented to us a variety of pictures with optical illusions. In most pictures I could easily see not only the object that was presented but also other hidden objects.
There are situations...