In a message dated 7/24/08 8:57:39 AM, Lslbsc2 writes:
> Can you explain what you think the boundary between seeing a thing and
> understanding it is and how clear that boundary is?
>
Cheerskep replied(at last)
>From all this, you may "understand" why Kate's assumption of a "boundary" in
her phrase "the boundary between seeing a thing and understanding it" gives
me
trouble. I don't clearly "understand" her notion of "boundary" but I'll try
this: When we receive raw sense data -- in, say, the form of a vision or
sound
-- there is a millisecond before the first association arises in our mind.
The
line between those two may be considered the "boundary" between "seeing" and
(to a degree) "understanding".
I have cut out the preceding four or five paragraphs on understanding.
Sometimes being able to talk fast isn't always good.
Apparently you go straight to cultural associations and skip the moment of
seeing where parts of things assume their shape.This is probably why you have
trouble with cell phones,straight to Dick Tracy instead of wondering if those
things with numbers are buttons.
Kate Sullivan
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