Have we any means of learning outside of our 5 senses?
2007-01-26 04:57:38 · 14 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. While some may be reluctant to call intuition, or common sense knowledge, it is.
2007-01-26 05:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Immortal Cordova 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is memory, and memory is created by experience.
Experience is being formed through contact.
Contact is interaction from without and within.
Our senses is the bridge to connect the interactions.
It is not necessary that we only got 5 senses.
Our senses is important to knowledge.
2007-01-26 09:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by ol's one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A priori versus a posteriori... Do we have inborn knowledge - perhaps. Do we only learn through experience, no.
We have additive abilities in our abstractions. That is to say, we can add the idea of blue to elephant and make a blue elephant. This is knowledge that is additive, not derived from direct perception.
We have the ability to learn through the doors of perception's cleansing...acid, LSD, peyote, psilocybe mushrooms...Just remember, you leave through a door, but return through a window...and no one is the same after gazing on the light down the tunnel or in communing with it...but do so without fear and you will be cleansed...and your understanding of reality will be markedly changed...for the better.
2007-01-26 05:10:29 · answer #3 · answered by Hammerhead 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thought. Simply taking the time to think about things. If someone really stops and thinks about things in their lives, they can often learn more important lessons than their senses will ever teach them. I "think" about all the information my senses have gathered today and i learn that i am still very much in love with Jessica. I "think" about this question the first time and I learn what my own opinion is.
2007-01-26 05:06:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge doesn't come from our senses but it comes from the soul. To know through senses is called perception and it's always relative.
2007-01-26 05:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we "touch" with our hearts gives us knowledge. What we "see" in the future gives us knowledge. What we "taste" with our passion for things gives us knowledge. What we "smell" when we know something isn't quite right gives us knowledge. What we "hear" with our minds gives us knowledge......learning outside the five senses as they are defined can be the best kind of learning :)
2007-01-26 05:07:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our 6th, perception. Of course, perception cannot exist without the other 5 senses, though it can exist with only one. So, the answer is yes, but not without the others to support it.
2007-01-26 05:44:09 · answer #7 · answered by Darian T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have genetic memory. We have a nature that is innate.
We have genetic coding. We have general characteristics known to our species. We have hormonal influences. We had an automatic nervous system that we don't have any control over.
As humans we have mutations & illinesses that distort or block what would be our common human experience.
2007-01-26 11:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no senses, but i still learn.
2007-01-26 05:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by Mr.Robot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever hear of Helen Keller?
2007-01-26 12:48:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋