2007-03-02 07:02:37 · 4 answers · asked by North Dakota baseball player 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There are only 5 independent senses, to the person above this answer; what you're refering to is a natural mechanism in your body to help you use the 5 senses. Your balance is controlled by the inner ear, and is for all intensive purposes, out of your control. Position of ones limbs is controlled by the brain, and once again, out of our control. If I wanted to think my left arm was my right, and my right my left, I have no way of doing this.
To answer the original question, our 5 senses are dependent on one another because on their own, they are only a single degree of perception. One cannot "touch" their way through life completely devoid of the other 4, nor can one see through life devoid of the others. Its quite similar to closing one eye and trying to catch a frisbee/ball. You may catch it, but more than likely you will miss due to the lack of your sensual "depth".
Our reality is defined by our senses, and we only truly comprehend our reality by utilizing them in tandem.
2007-03-02 07:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you mean but there are actually 7 senses. 6-sense of balance. 7-sense of where your limbs are (EX you know how many fingers you are holding up behind your back without having to look)
2007-03-02 15:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by KLo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they are 5 does that not make them distinct by definition ?
perhaps it's because they are chanelled thru a muddled brain ?
2007-03-02 15:25:39 · answer #3 · answered by daryl h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all come from the same brain. I can't touch a donut, smell it, and eat it too? These are things we were given, not learned.
2007-03-02 15:10:46 · answer #4 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋