26 Aug '15 15:22>
I once [possibly more than once, I forget] gave an example of the differences in the
way we perceive things and how we cannot just assume that other people think like
we do.
The example was of a long-standing debate in philosophy between those who argued
that when people say that they are 'picturing something in their minds eye' they are
not really 'seeing' what they are imagining, but are instead just recalling facts about
the thing they are picturing, and those whom argued that people were in fact seeing
things in their mind just like you see things with your eyes.
The person from who I heard about this went on to say that what they found out was that
people lie along a spectrum with those at one end unable to produce mental images and
those at the other able to see things as clearly as if they were looking at them.
And that those debating this issue were at one end or the other and simply assumed that
the way they saw the world was the same as everyone else.
When I gave this example some people asked for more information on this topic out of
interest... However in the ebb and flow of forum life I never got around to it and forgot.
However I just came across this current BBC article that talks about this exact effect
[although not the philosophy part, just talking about the condition's] and thought that
those that asked last time might be interested.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34039054
way we perceive things and how we cannot just assume that other people think like
we do.
The example was of a long-standing debate in philosophy between those who argued
that when people say that they are 'picturing something in their minds eye' they are
not really 'seeing' what they are imagining, but are instead just recalling facts about
the thing they are picturing, and those whom argued that people were in fact seeing
things in their mind just like you see things with your eyes.
The person from who I heard about this went on to say that what they found out was that
people lie along a spectrum with those at one end unable to produce mental images and
those at the other able to see things as clearly as if they were looking at them.
And that those debating this issue were at one end or the other and simply assumed that
the way they saw the world was the same as everyone else.
When I gave this example some people asked for more information on this topic out of
interest... However in the ebb and flow of forum life I never got around to it and forgot.
However I just came across this current BBC article that talks about this exact effect
[although not the philosophy part, just talking about the condition's] and thought that
those that asked last time might be interested.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34039054