Daniel W. Blackmon Coral Gables Senior High

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Daniel W. Blackmon Coral Gables Senior High TOK: Perception Daniel W. Blackmon Coral Gables Senior High

Perceptual Illusions Sensation: Interpretation

Perceptual Illusions Context

Perceptual Illusions Figure and Ground

Perceptual Illusions Visual Grouping

Expectations

Theories of Reality Common-sense realism Scientific realism Phenomenalism

Common-sense realism “What you see is what is there”

Scientific realism “Atoms in the void”

Phenomenalism “To be is to be perceived”

By Robert Knox There was a young man who said, ‘God Must think it exceedingly odd, If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there’s no one around in the Quad.’

By Robert Knox Dear Sir, Your astonishment is odd. I am always in the Quad. And that’s why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by Yours faithfully God