On Saturday, October 20, 2012 7:10:17 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > > The dictionary makes little or no differentiation between sense and > sensation, > but there is a difference to psychology. Senses come from the body, > sensations are what the mind makes of the the sensual input. Psychology > has this to say: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensation_%28psychology%29 > > " In psychology, sensation and perception are stages of processing of the > senses in human and animal systems, > such as vision, auditory, vestibular, and pain senses. These topics are > considered part of psychology, and not anatomy or physiology, > because processes in the brain so greatly affect the perception of a > stimulus. Included in this topic is the study of illusions such as > motion aftereffect, color constancy, auditory illusions, and depth > perception. > > Sensation is the function of the low-level biochemical and neurological > events that begin with the impinging of a > stimulus upon the receptor cells of a sensory organ. It is the detection > of the elementary properties of a stimulus.[1] > > Perception is the mental process or state that is reflected in statements > like "I see a uniformly blue wall", > representing awareness or understanding of the real-world cause of the > sensory input. The goal of sensation [I think they meant to say "sense"] is > detection, the goal of perception is to create useful information of the > surroundings.[2] > > In other words, sensations are the first stages in the functioning of > senses to represent stimuli from the > environment, and perception is a higher brain function about interpreting > events and objects in the world.[3] Stimuli from the environment is > transformed into neural signals which are then interpreted by the brain > through a process called transduction. Transduction can be likened to a > bridge connecting sensation to perception. > > Gestalt theorists believe that with the two together a person experiences > a personal reality that is greater than the parts. " >
I say the Gestalt theorists have it right, and go further. It is not greater than the sum of it's parts, it is less disconnected than the un-division of its parts. I call this trans-rational algebra or apocatastatic gestalts. The rejoining of broken parts by eliding their presumed granular, sub-personal differences. I think that transduction is figurative. Like the steering column turns the axle, not be transmitting a ghostly apparition of angular momentum on one plane to another but as a confluence of circumstance. The action taking place has multiple equivalents on multiple levels or ontological castes, from the micro to the macro, personal to impersonal, under-signifying to super-signifying. Craig > > > Roger Clough, rcl...@verizon.net <javascript:> > 10/20/2012 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/EoOEkOf4T_MJ. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
