Limited Perception

http://samphilomath.blogspot.com/

Hello Philomath. Is the glass half full or half empty?
My point is, do not be limited by your perception.

If you have to use science vs belief to be able to see and understanding something. Use science.

"Perception (from the Latin perceptio, percipio) is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting sensory information. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organs. For example, vision involves light striking the retinas of the eyes, smell is mediated by odor molecules and hearing involves pressure waves. Perception is not the passive receipt of these signals, but can be shaped by learning, memory and expectation. Perception involves these "top-down" effects as well as the "bottom-up" process of processing sensory input. Perception depends on complex functions of the nervous system, but subjectively seems mostly effortless because this processing happens outside conscious awareness. "

"Since the rise of experimental psychology in the late 19th Century, psychology's understanding of perception has progressed by combining a variety of techniques. Psychophysics measures the effect on perception of varying the physical qualities of the input. Sensory neuroscience studies the brain mechanisms underlying perception. Perceptual systems can also be studied computationally, in terms of the information they process. Perceptual issues in philosophy include the extent to which sensory qualities such as sounds, smells or colors exist in objective reality rather than the mind of the perceiver. "

"Although the senses were traditionally viewed as passive receptors, the study of illusions and ambiguous images has demonstrated that the brain's perceptual systems actively and pre-consciously attempt to make sense of their input. There is still active debate about the extent to which perception is an active process of hypothesis testing, analogous to science, or whether realistic sensory information is rich enough to make this process unnecessary. "

"The perceptual systems of the brain enable individuals to see the world around them as stable, even though the sensory information may be incomplete and rapidly varying. Human and animal brains are structured in a modular way, with different areas processing different kinds of sensory information. Some of these modules take the form of sensory maps, mapping some aspect of the world across part of the brain's surface. These different modules are interconnected and influence each other. For instance, the taste is strongly influenced by its odor. " " In philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science, perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception


"The philosophy of perception is concerned with the nature of perceptual experience and the status of perceptual data, in particular how they relate to beliefs about, or knowledge of, the world. Any explicit account of perception requires a commitment to one of a variety of ontological or metaphysical views. Philosophers distinguish internalist accounts, which assume that perceptions of objects, and knowledge or beliefs about them, are aspects of an individual's mind, and externalist accounts, which state that they constitute real aspects of the world external to the individual. The position of naïve realism — the 'everyday' impression of physical objects constituting what is perceived — is to some extent contradicted by the occurrence of perceptual illusions and hallucinations and the relativity of perceptual experience as well as certain insights in science. Realist conceptions include phenomenalism and direct and indirect realism. Anti-realist conceptions include idealism and skepticism. " " The philosophy of perception is concerned with the nature of sensory and perceptual experience, the status of what is given in such experience, and in particular with how beliefs or knowledge about the (physical) world can be accounted for and justified on that basis." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_(philosophy)

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[nickdavijhon]

Let me guest, you don't use the word empty. The world is 100% full, but yet empty at the same. Because nothing really exist, that cup which you assume is full, is empty, because if you go down to the atomic level, you will realize the atoms themselves are made up of something and that something is made up something and the list goes on. The world is like a simulation, remember God spoke the world into existence. Time itself is a simulation, in the world above time does not exist.

[samphilomath]

@nickdavijhon What you fail to understand is, there is no absolute vacuum occupying the cup. In the other hand, the cup does indeed have chemical elements occupying its entire volume. Therefor, the cup is full.

And please, be wise with the use of mythological belief to answer topics like this one. I don't want to accidentally offend your imaginary friend with my rational explanations. I am just making sure we are clear on that. ok

[e123184]

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[samphilomath]

@e123184 Thanks. I hope my rants could reach more people.

[e123184]

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[samphilomath]

@e123184 Stuff like Justin Bieber? lol I want to use my critical thinking skills to help others learn how to use their own.

[openthevoid]

It is awesome that you share you opinions about philosophical issues in public, but there is a fairly objection to your point. There are indeed good reasons to believe that the glass is half empty (or half full), not just full. If your view is that the glass is full because the space that is not filled with water is filled with air, that would render our use of "emptiness" quite meaningless. No ordinary person defines emptiness as a complete vacuum. Only if you do, the glass is in fact full.

[blackcrow6667]

Ah, but there's more empty space than there are particles so i would say, everything is pretty empty, there's no such thing as full. :)

[tonyfalca]

The glass is completely empty and completely full, while at the same time, half full and half empty. It all depends on the level of awareness you have. Our point of view is, probably, nothing more or less than awareness. Furthermore, everything is everything, everything is nothing, nothing is everything, and nothing is nothing. What you are perceiving as matter or material never actually changes form, the only change is the amount of awareness you possess to 'view' what is constant, truth, infnt

[e123184]

@samphilomath i know i dont mean that i mean different ways of viewing things.