--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@...>
wrote:
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> > > my mind does love creating patterns out of chaos.
> > >
> whynotnow7:
> > Yes, we appear to be creatures who habitually create
> > patterns from the inward and outward perception of
> > our six senses...
> >
> It's obvious that different people may not see the same
> object 'as it is', but may perceive different objects
> when confronted by the same stimulus source. Ofte we
> fail to take into account the 'constructed character of
> knowing'.
>
> The term constructed character of knowing may be used
> to name the synthesizing process that goes on in the
> brain before experiences are produced.
>
> According to A.J. Bahm, objects appear in consciousness
> as wholes, or 'gestalts'. They enter experience already
> made. Some unconscious or subconscious process determines
> our conscious experiences for us, even though we can
> never become aware of it.
>
* * Never is a very long time!
