To what extent is sense perception an accurate way of knowing?
Although as incredible as our senses are, they indeed have faults. Our senses seemingly allow us to view the world in a number of ways, objectively. However the exercising of these methods to experience sensations can lead to misconceptions and errors, even for the very ‘sharpest’ of us. Therefore it can be argued that the appreciation of the physical approach can be harmful. But then again what other approaches are there? If anyone of us were devoid of all five existing senses (i.e. sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) how else would we communicate with the rest of the world? How would we continue learning and thus knowing about new things? We could presume and make groundless assumptions but then again what would warrant such speculations? This however only applies to future considerations. By building on past knowledge we can accept or reject projected ‘truths’, with only our mind defining our verdict. However to be shifted towards such projected ‘truths’ one must be familiar with some form of evidence or drive no matter how minimal. Evidence which is physical which again counters this argument. In conclusion it would seem sense perception is not an entirely accurate way of knowing but that we unconditionally rely upon it.
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Although as incredible as our senses are, they indeed have faults. Our senses seemingly allow us to view the world in a number of ways, objectively. However the exercising of these methods to experience sensations can lead to misconceptions and errors, even for the very ‘sharpest’ of us. Therefore it can be argued that the appreciation of the physical approach can be harmful. But then again what other approaches are there? If anyone of us were devoid of all five existing senses (i.e. sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) how else would we communicate with the rest of the world? How would we continue learning and thus knowing about new things? We could presume and make groundless assumptions but then again what would warrant such speculations? This however only applies to future considerations. By building on past knowledge we can accept or reject projected ‘truths’, with only our mind defining our verdict. However to be shifted towards such projected ‘truths’ one must be familiar with some form of evidence or drive no matter how minimal. Evidence which is physical which again counters this argument. In conclusion it would seem sense perception is not an entirely accurate way of knowing but that we unconditionally rely upon it.
Word Count: 205
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