PSYB51H3 Chapter 1: PSYB51 - Chapter 1
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We only have our own access of feeling the sensation we feel in our experiences. Sensation: the ability to detect the touch or the pressure of a finger that may turn into a private experience. The ability to detect a stimulus and, perhaps, to turn that detection into a private experience. Perception: the act of giving meaning and / or purpose to those that detected sensations. According to philosophers, everything we think, feel and do depends on our sensation and perceptions. A philosopher, etienne bonnot de condillac (1715 1780) gave his audience a well written example. In this example, he asked his audience to imagine a statue without senses, and to then imagine if the statue magically got his or her sense of smell which then can develop a mental life. This example shows that our sensation or sense can create many experiences or per say information we rely on based on our senses.
