Philosophy of Perception

Here is a pretty cool video about auditory illusions. The video will play sound clips for about 30 seconds at a time and then ask what you hear. You need to have headphones in though! The auditory illusion is called "pareidolia"which is supposed to be a psychological phenomenon where sound clips that are just random syllables are perceived as words. It's supposed to be common to hear words that are associated with your current mood. I just finished up finals and in the first one I hear "no way"... I hope you enjoy!

Check out this link.  What Colour Is it?  The colored background subtly changes color with every passing second. I wonder what those tetrachromats see! What's a tetrachromat? Find out if you are one. Take the test here !

How Language Alters What You Perceive: Lexical Context Effect & Phoneme Restoration

George Berekely's theory of immaterialism, better known today as subjective idealism, holds that the physical world is the way we perceive it to be based on our sensory inputs, like sight. Because these perceptions are held in the mind they are ideas, which Berkely states only exist in the mind, and by default as does everything else in the physical world only exist in the mind.  Berekely believed that in order for the physical realm to exist there must be a perceiver. To the Irish Bishop Berekely the ultimate perceiver is God, making everything exist merely in the mind of God himself. 

We've all heard of  Fight or Flight , right? Have you ever wondered about the biological process? Perhaps, how it can directly affect your perception of the world around you? Feel free to investigate the link below for fun, accessible answers to these questions and more! Acute stress response - Prezi

Hubert Dreyfus argues that embodiment is crucial to intelligence, thus refuting the idea of the possibility for truly intelligent non-biological beings. His theory rests on the idea that pattern recognition is key and embodiment allows for it through immediate feedback when exploring one's surroundings. To explain pattern recognition as a mental phenomena, Dreyfus utilizes certain behaviors and processes that we all can relate with and categorizes them in one of two groups: the inner and the outer horizons of awareness. The inner horizon is aware of the something-more-than-the-figure-is, or the details of an object that are not readily perceptible. The outer horizon is aware of the background information. Take a look at the slides yourself, and see if you agree or disagree with this overtly anti-artificial intelligence theory by Dreyfus. https://prezi.com/seww1madceb1/edit/#37_95982358

          Evolution of Camouflage & First World War Dazzle Paint Jobs           The origins of modern camouflage owes itself to 19th century naturalist painters.  The most notable of these in the development of knowledge of camouflage was Abbot H, Thayer.  While he harbored some strange views of the scientific development of animal camouflage (all animals were "camouflaged")  He noticed the effect of disruptive patterning and countershading.  He noted that animal markings tended to obstruct their shape in nature.  Their coloring added with this made them often completely invisible. By going from darker shades on top to lighter on the bottom animals canceled out the way we see objects by light illuminated them top down.  Black also aided in disruptive schemes. An example of Countershading. Abbot's demonstration of disruptive patterns. In this image we can see how disruptive patterns observe...