Conceptions of the Universe: How our conceptions of reality arise from the limitations of our perceptual apparatus - Brossura

King, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1907962263 ISBN 13: 9781907962264

Casa editrice: 123 Books, 2011

Riassunto

We ordinarily take the universe to be as it appears to us to be. So, when you observe a red rose in your garden, you ordinarily assume that the part of the universe that is your garden contains a red rose. However, when you take yourself outside of your ordinary state of interaction with the universe; when you start to reflect and rationalise about the nature of your relationship with the universe; then, things become more complicated than the state of affairs implied by our 'ordinary' assumptions. In this book John King outlines why the world that appears to you is perceiver-dependent, why identical sets of perceptions can lead to very different conceptions of the nature of the universe, why your perceptual apparatus is inevitably constrained, and why this inevitable constraint leads to some conceptions of the universe being favoured over others. The conclusion of the book is that our conceptions of the universe are constrained ('channelled') in such a way as to make it easy for us to assume that we are very different from the non-human universe. However, this realisation can enable us to embrace the idea that humans are actually very similar to the non-human universe. Here is an excerpt from the conclusion: "We have seen that we ordinarily take the universe to be as it appears to us to be...However, we have seen that one's perceptions can be conceptualised in many different ways (as in the Primal World View versus the Modern World View). Furthermore, we have seen that one's perceptions are inevitably constrained, which means that the conceptualisations that one makes of one's perceptions are not accurate conceptualisations of the universe - they are merely conceptualisations of one's constrained perceptions. This means that there are many diverse views as to how similar one is to the rest of the universe. Those who do not acknowledge the existence of the inevitable constraints are more likely to believe that they are dissimilar to the rest of the universe. Whilst, those who realise that the inevitable constraints exist have a good reason to believe that the universe is quite similar to them."

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: 123 Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1907962263
• ISBN 13: 9781907962264
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 100
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile