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ToK - Perception

Some key points: Sense perception consists of Sensation and Interpretation If we accept that pain and taste are subjective, we might conclude that color and sound are also subjective

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ToK - Perception

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  1. Some key points: • Sense perception consists of Sensation and Interpretation • If we accept that pain and taste are subjective, we might conclude that color and sound are also subjective • Senses are an important source of knowledge but rather than passively reflect reality, they actively structure it ToK - Perception

  2. Some more key points: • Sense perception is selective • Sense perception has limitations • Although sense perception cannot give us certainty, if the evidence of our senses is consistent with what reason and intuition tell us, it can still provide a good foundation for reliable knowledge ToK - Perception

  3. Religion What role does perception play in religious experience? Maths Does perception play any role in Mathematics? Language How does the way we describe something affect the way we see it? ToK - Perception Ethics Do good people see the world differently from bad people? Natural Sciences Do expectations influence observations? Perception Arts To what extent do the arts help us to see the world with new eyes? Human Sciences Does observation influence what is observed? History Should we trust eyewitness testimony?

  4. Some Knowledge Issues • What factors affect our ability to gain knowledge through the senses? • How do our senses hinder us in our attempts to gain knowledge? • How is sensory perception affected by emotion / reason / faith / language? ToK - Perception

  5. ToK Prescribed Essay Title: 2008 • “When should we trust our senses to give us truth?” ToK - Perception

  6. Common sense realism: the way we perceive the world mirrors the way the world is Scientific realism: the world exists as an independent reality but it is different from the way we perceive it Phenomenalism: it makes no sense to say that the world exists independent of our experience of it ToK - Perception

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