Monday 17 October 2016

Senses within knowledge  ( Memory)
Old home
Traditional food
Area, (Region)
Grass
Cotton Candy
Popcorn
Alcohol
Medicine
Blood
Chips
Candy
School
Erasers
Beach
  - Senses from the past can like to the cultural background that you grew up in, Certain smells that are linked with an individuals  childhood are the experiences that they lived through and its important to remember and associate these certain smells because it helps reminds us of certain moments from the past, And when remembering a certain time within our memory there is also a smell or sense we associate   the memory with.











Article Reading: https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2011/aug/17/memory-contaminates-perception. 

Memory  Contaminates Perception: 
- Written by  Kang, M-N, et al (2011) and posted on the public website "The Guardian". Th article demonstrates many interesting perspectives about the perception of individuals. Examples from the article " Working memory refers to our ability to hold and manipulate limited amounts of information for a short period of time. This information is usually relevant to the task at hand – when making a phone call, for example, you might repeat the number to yourself several times until you have dialled it; once you've dialled the number, you stop the repetition and then quickly forget it. In exactly the same way, visual working memory allows us to retain visual information as mental images in the mind's eye." which a piece that i personally found very interesting, It discusses the claim that working memory refers to our ability to hold ability and info for a period of time, Which makes me think and ask the question , Do humans only care about certain thing because they care? So when the example of the memory of the phone number, Do we just care about the number because we need it and once its gone then we forget because wedding need it, And this also has me linking this to the school example discussed in class, Do we just learn information   for a attest and once its over ewe tend to forget because we feel like we no longer need it ?







Tuesday 11 October 2016

Optical Illusion Videos : 


1.)   The Boy who can see without eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsl1P3lotTU


The video discusses a boy who lost both of his eyes due to cancer, However thanks to doctors that gave
 him replicas of human eye he has began learning the ropes around the idea of making  judgements based on 
his senses and vibration, This is significant to TOK  due to the fact that it introduces a new way of knowing and 
explains how "Way's of knowing" can extend to more than language. 

- As we made the transition between the ways of knowing  within language and discussing the ways of knowledge 
within sense is different with each situational factor of a individual experience..

How does he compensate not being able to see? 
-With the help of doctors and advanced medicine and technology he is able to use replicas of eyes that allow him 
to use the senses to try and help him with the sounds of certain things that 

Senses we found 

 Nociceptive : relating to or denoting pain arising from the stimulation of nerve cells (often as distinct from that arising from damage or disease in the nerves themselves).


ProprioceptionProprioception refers to the body's kinaesthetic sense, or sense of locomotion (movement). This sense is derived from the action of the skeletal muscles and the"propriceptors" (movement sensors) that send sensations of movement to the brain. It is responsible for keeping track of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body, as well as measuring the amount of strength needed/being used to engage in physical tasks.

 Equililbrioception : Sense of balance or equilibrioception is one of the physiological senses related to balance. It helps prevent humans and animals from falling over when standing or moving.

Thermoception : is the sense by which an organism perceives temperatures. The details of how temperature receptors work are still being investigated. Ciliopathy is associated with decreased ability to sense heat, thus cilia may aid in the process.