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TOK PRESENTATION SENSE OF PERCEPTION

WAYS OF KNOWING

By Shahnara Pashayeva

WHAT IS PERCEPTION? We can say that it , is the way in which something is regarded, understood or interpreted.

How Can We Gain It? Sense Perception can be gained through:

T A S T E

H E A R I N G S M E L L I N G

TOUCHING S E E I N G

ULTIMATE ILLUSION

What we see

The reality

Half Full or Half Empty?

Musician man or Woman ?

3 OR 4?

YOUNG GIRL OR OLD WOMAN?

SEEING IS BELIEVING ? OR BELIEVING IS SEEING ? Do we see everything we believe?

Do we believe everything we see?

VS FA TE

T S O

GH IGION REL S

ASTROLOGY KARMA

ION T I U INT

GOD

      

Things that affect sense perception

Biases Motivations Emotions Cultural Perspective Interests Expectations Background (Existing) Experiences

We only see what we want to see; We only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.

-Miguel A. Ruiz

We should not forget that appearance can be completely different from the reality 3 Things That Is Inevitable  We may misinterpret what we see  We may fail to notice something  We may mis what we have seen

So, how we distinguish between appearance and reality in everyday life?

Distinguish appearance from reality We usually distinguish between appearance and reality by  Using a second sense to confirm the evidence of the first  Appealing to coherence 

The testimony of other people

Let’s test your visual awareness!

RESOURCES http:// www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-ma ps/appearance-and-reality http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/problems/section1.rhtml www.dictionary.com/browse/perception Theory Of Knowledge Cambridge By Richard van de Lagemaat

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