PHIL C1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chocolate Cake, Desiderative Mood, Optical Illusion
3 Oct 2016
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You may be told that a color you are looking at is green. However, when asked how many females are in the class, the teachers say yes. They may be committed to fighting stereotypes, but then they still don"t see the world differently. The question becomes how can we change how we perceive things? h. Encapsulation gives us the idea that you know stuff but it can"t alter how you perceive things. Perception is encapsulated, it is an activity that isn"t easily affected. It doesn"t interact on a deep level other mental processes. Distinction between holding something as true and accepting something as true. You can acquire beliefs without actively accepting something as true this is usually something that occurs in the subconscious. Beliefs grow on you do you believe it or not, you represent a proposition. You could have never unconsciously acquired that we are in hamilton 702, we have mentally created this proposition and then accepted it.
