And "representative" means that some of our perceptions accurately represent an object as the thing which it is in itself apart from perception. ... And we can sense that it continues to have weight by trying to lift it. ... Thus the size of an object depends on the distance from which it is seen, its shape depends on the angle from which it is viewed, and how heavy it is sensed to be will depend on the strength of the person who attempts to lift it. An even greater problem, Berkeley said, is that, if all we are ever aware of is the sense data of our sensations, if all we ever know is the ...

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In an organizational sense, Robbins and colleagues (2001) identified selective perception, stereotyping, contrast effect, projection and the halo effect, as five frequently used shortcuts, used by managers, to judge others. ... Whilst these shortcut techniques can be valuable in the sense that they allow perceptions to be made quickly, it is not without problems. ... This is problematic in the sense that managers need to know something about the individual's honesty, ability to handle stress and other such important factors. ... A manager who is aware of the influence of these factors inf...

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Descartes" statement "I think therefore I exist" raises questions about the meaning of thought, the meaning of existence but most fundamentally, in what sense he can be certain. ... However, if Descartes" definition of thought was really this broad it would need to be possible to assert that having sensory perceptions was indubitable as the ability to think. However, as he asserts in the first meditation, it is not the case to believe that "I have sensory perceptions" necessarily makes it a true belief. Despite this difficulty, Descartes" inclusion of, among others, imagination in the above de...

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I believe that Descartes argument for the existence of God makes logical sense and satisfies the need for his other argument that we need to know if anything is certain anymore because of the Evil Genius. ... The steps of reasoning Descartes goes through to contradict the idea of an Evil Genius logically makes sense and is convincing that there is a God. ... Hume's idea of self is that we are a collection of perceptions and impressions. Perceptions and impressions are visuals that strike the mind with most force or violence. Perceptions and impressions create memories that resemble ob...

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According to Descartes, thought includes doubting, understanding, affirming, denying, willing, refusing, and also imagining and sensing. ... The thought that is most related to his argument is sensory perceptions. ... This intellect includes out sensory perceptions. ...

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Perception is the multiplicity in a unit. ... Perception is distinguished from consciousness because it treats perceptions of which we are not consciously aware of as nonexistent. ... Every monad has perception and there are various levels of perception; therefore, at some or other level, every monad is conscious of every other monad. ... Berkeley believes that we can imagine a tree without looking at a tree and it makes sense. ... Everything we know, we know because we have perception. ...

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In short, the materialist feels that the information received through sense experience gives a representative picture of the outside world (the representative theory of perception), and one can not penetrate to the true essece of an object. This makes logical sense, for the only way to perceive this real essence would be to become the object itself! ... As part of his reply he might add that because it can not be sensed it is not a piece of knowledge. ... Secondary qualities are those things that are concrete (sense oriented), such as color, smell, sound, and taste. ... As previousl...

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In short, the materialist feels that the information received through sense experience gives a representative picture of the outside world (the representative theory of perception), and one can not penetrate to the true essece of an object. This makes logical sense, for the only way to perceive this real essence would be to become the object itself! ... As part of his reply he might add that because it can not be sensed it is not a piece of knowledge. ... Secondary qualities are those things that are concrete (sense oriented), such as color, smell, sound, and taste. ... As previously discussed...

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He had a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in some mysterious way, have been sacrificed to produce her. ... Selden's inner commentary pre-empts this thought as a "confused sense": I take this as the kind of feeling that Selden must feel corrupt, to some degree, for thinking, as this perception that he has of women is somewhat culturally programmed. ...

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Descartes" statement "I think therefore I exist" raises questions about the meaning of thought, the meaning of existence but most fundamentally, in what sense he can be certain. ... However, if Descartes" definition of thought was really this broad it would need to be possible to assert that having sensory perceptions was indubitable as the ability to think. However, as he asserts in the first meditation, it is not the case to believe that "I have sensory perceptions" necessarily makes it a true belief. ... Thus the assertion that "I am aware that I have sensory perceptions" is as indubitable ...

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Rene Descartes' avowal, "I think therefore I am- elicits questions about the meaning of thought, the effect of existence and most fundamentally, in what sense he can be certain; what can Descartes leave un-doubted? ... Nevertheless, if Descartes' definition of thought was this broad it would need to be possible to assert that having sensory perceptions was as unquestionable as the ability to think. However, as Descartes stresses in the first meditation, it is not the case that believing, "I have sensory perceptions- automatically makes it a true belief. ... Thus, the statement that...

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Therefore, each individual's perception of physical objects will result in an individual sense of reality for each individual based on the perception of the same group of physical objects. ... The first comparison was that in the pragmatic point of view common-sense objects are able to be viewed or constructed by the individuals according to their experiences. ...

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He explains this when he says "ideas we perceive from sense are much vivid and explicit and even in their own way more distinct than I deliberately ami knowinglay formed through meditation or found that I impressed on my memory it seemed impossible that they came from myself" (Descartes, 75) Therefore, because they are not produced by an individual's imagination, we have reason for believing that they are true. ... He also proposes the idea that something outside of him could be producing these perceptions (Descartes, 51). ... He knows trhat he can understand himself even witho...

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The second more important theme is the idea that "human perception of beauty requires the recognition that everything earthly is temporary." ... The freedom the woman has won by getting rid of her Christian faith provides no real compensation except a sense of the ability of all nature. ...

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Unfortunately for us, the idiot happens to be one who has no perception of time. ... His mental and visual awareness is so keen that he can even sense Caddy's shame after she lost her virginity. ...

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Cognitive Psychology Application Paper Cognitive psychology is the study of human behavior with reference and research to twelve areas, some of which are memory, pattern recognition, perception, attention, consciousness, imagery, and language. ... In this sense it has perfect recall. ...

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Thither to that, his perception of the wax reveals his own existence even more, for if he understands the wax, then there must be a mind to do the understanding and that he attains knowledge through the scrutiny of objects with the intellect alone. ... In conclusion, Descartes have shown how the ideas of the intellect are more adequate for knowledge than those of sense. ...

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(Yue: 51) Adults are also observed to differ significantly in cognitive abilities such as memory span and auditory perception (Scott, 1994; Hatch: 223). ... [C] Rote learning ability It is common sense that rote learning ability is a critical factor in language learning and better memorizing ability will lead to better results in language learning. ...

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Everything we think is a sense experience by our bodies is only a predetermined thought implanted by an evil demon that controls your mind. ... He concludes that the perception of wax, in both cases, is not judged on what is seen, or felt, or heard, but rather is perceived by what wax is thought to be. ...

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