PERCEPTION - Session Three (Part II)

If you were in class last Tuesday, the essay topics are as follows:

1. To what extent may the subjective nature of perception be regarded as an advantage for artists but an obstacle to be overcome by scientists?

2. 'Doing the right things starts with seeing the right things.' In what ways does responsible action depend on sound, critical seeing (perceiving)?

Choose ONE and write a structured essay response, to be submitted to my mailbox by Friday, November 3rd.

If you were not in class last Tuesday, come and see me before Friday so that we might discuss/examine the topic more closely (so that you are given time to process it) and meet the Friday writing deadline.

PERCEPTION - Session Three (Part I)

Reminders:

The last session was a mouthful and a spoonful of terminology and insight into the application of 'perception' in the cognitive sciences (for instance, psychology). If you were absent from class, get the notes from the others, and come and see me so we can talk of details that might be difficult to grasp.

PERCEPTION - Session Three (Part III)

The last activity we engaged in last session (reminder - 'What you see, when someone says - Santa Clause?' etc.), needs feedback.

Thinking back to the two theories regarding perception and the cognitive sciences, choose TWO items from the activities list, and explain, comment on the blog, how one theory applies to you 'seeing' that item, and the other 'theory' the other one.

PERCEPTION - Session Two

The picture/photographs:

For Tuesday, figure out/write down the following few things:

1. What is the subject of the photograph? How can you ascertain this?

2. Who are the people in the photo? Do you 'see' yourself in them? How so?

3. What is missing from the photograph? What do you feel needs to be there, in the photograph? Elucidate your reply.

PERCEPTION- Agnosia, Definition

We did cover a littile bit of this big neurogical filed today and will cover some more in the next couple of weeks - but to get you started, I am including this link from Wikipedia to get you started. Let me know what you think:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosia

PERCEPTION - Dr. Oliver Sacks

I thought that it will be useful to include the personal webpage to Dr. Sacks whose account we read together (about the patient suffering from visual agnosia). Browse around and meet the man who explores such human conditions -


http://www.oliversacks.com/

PERCEPTION - Ambiguous Figures

Check the following Link, and tell us what you see:

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/ambigfig/

PERCEPTION - Session ONE

Reminders:

1. Read/look at all of the x-eroxed materials. Come prepared with questions/insights about the readings.

2. The two sayings by William Blake are included (among the quotations on the first page of the hand-out). Think about your response to at least one of them.

Perception - What do you see?

Check out the following link - and tell us what IS IT THAT YOU SEE? Make a note of it, so we might use it in our discussion on Tuesday.

http://www.michaelback.de/ot/

USEFUL LINKS

Newspaper publications:

www.nytimes.com

www.washingtonpost.com

www.guardian.co.uk

www.timesonline.co.uk

Journal publications:

www.newyorker.com

www.nationalgeographic.com

www.sciam.com

www.smithsonianmagazine.com


These are some to begin with!

LANGUAGE - Session Five (What's in a name?)

The querries are:

1. What if two individuals share the same name, within one family? Do they lose a part of their individuality?

2. Do the names of objects and people always give out a truthful representation of the object or the person in question? (think of the name 'Ernest')

3. The Latin Proverb reads: Nomen est Omen (names are signs/predictions). Do you agree with this?

Please comment on the following before next class (Tuesday, October 10th)