+ Sense Perception Wrap Up 10/23

+ Agenda Wrap up yesterday’s conversations (15 minutes!!!) Go over summarizing statements for sense perception. Sense Perception connection questions. END GOAL:

+ Summarizing Statements Our five senses are an important source of knowledge about the world; but rather than passively reflect reality, they actively structure it.

+ Summarizing Statements Perception is selective and what we notice in a given environment is influenced by factors such as intensity, contrast, interest, mood, and expectations.

+ Summarizing Statements The fallibility of perception is relevant to issues in the real world such as eye-witness testimony in criminal trials.

+ Summarizing Statements We usually distinguish between appearance and reality by using a second sense to confirm the evidence of the first, or by appealing to coherence, or the testimony of other people.

+ Summarizing Statements There are three main theories about the relationship between perception and reality: common-sense realism, scientific realism, and phenomenalism.

+ Summarizing Statements Although perception cannot give us certainty, if the evidence of our senses is consistent with what reason and intuition tell us, it can still provide a good foundation for reliable knowledge.

+ Linking Question 1 AOK: Ethics WOK: Sense Perception Do good people see the world differently from bad people?

+ Linking Question 2 WOK: Language WOK: Sense Perception How does the way we describe something affect the way we see it?

+ Linking Question 3 AOK: History WOK: Sense Perception Should you trust eye-witness accounts in your history classes?