‘The red tinted glass’ assignment 2

Our sense of perception is greatly affected by vision and the ways we see objects as we identify it. In chapter 25, Albert Knox raises a point that shows “either the world is exactly as we perceive it, or it is the way it appears to our reason”. In the experiment, Sophie was asked to put on the red tinted glass to understand the whole theory. Sophie replies “I see exactly the same as before, expect that it’s all red.” This shows that most of us see the world as it is and understand that no obstruction should be affected. We tend to question ourselves less about daily life because it seems that we are just to use to our very own routines. But this experiment forces us to think getting away from the fact that our insights are limited senses. It brings us up to reflect different possibilities if life and not just rely on what we can recognize already. This also brings up the idea of distinguishing between rationalist and empiricist. Rationalist perceive the world through as explanation, they question the understanding of what we know of. Empiricist sense the world as it is giving to them and take the knowledge from what others tell about directly. I feel those empiricists are not thinkers. They don’t observe enough to be creative or imaginative and believe that many things should be spoon feed to them. Rationalist inquires ever obstacles through reasons and are able to enhance there judgments.

A good example of distinguishing the two perceptions can be shown in Ben, the blindly disabled child. Many of the people consider him as gaining a sixth sense but don’t allow themselves to think why. This concept is very simple as Ben loses his perception through sight he was able to enhance another sense through listening. He would be able to click his fingers and hear the echoes bounce off the obstacles in his ways. Although he loses his judgment visually, it doesn’t explain that Ben’s senses are limited. Referring back to the tinted glass experiment, Sophie was able to perceive and determine reality through what have and currently experience. Once again, if we lose our ability to see things in color it doesn’t represent it limits our senses and we interpret the sense data we receive automatically what we understand.