Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) / quote 23 of 171
No direct link to the external world
idea that there is no direct relationship between the external world and…
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Constitutive ontologies = second path
In following the second path the observer assumes, quite differently, that the starting point must be the constitutive biological phenomena of being unable to…
Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #observer #objects #perception #illusion #reality #living
Gelosie che deformano la realtà
“Siete diventati come loro. Pieni di gelosie e sospetti, pronti a deformare la realtà secondo le vostre frustrazioni e paranoie.”
Perception as a handshake with expectations
The second reason content is so important is that our expectations and assumptions profoundly influence our perception of reality. This is because of the…
Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina) #perception #reality #expectations #brain
Perception works independently of knowledge
“module” must be working independently of this knowledge.
Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #perception #mind #knowledge #cognitive-science
The homunculus and the infinite regress
it is tempting to think that light shines on the retina and then the brain creates from this a single, three-dimensional image. But who sees this image? The…
The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #perception #brain #mind #argument
Every recollection reconstructs the memory
‘Every time we recall an event, we must reconstruct the memory, and with every recollection the memory may be changed … Truth and reality, when seen through…
The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #memory #truth #reality #interpretation