I have tried very hard to imagine or picture something outside of the 3 matters, solid, liquid, and gas, and I have not been able to, and I don't believe any man will be able to since that is all we know. So I am curious to know, if a blind person, who has never seen what a solid, liquid, or gas looks like has a bigger visual imagination than people who can see, or no visual imagination. I'm not quite sure if I used the proper wording, but hopefully you get my point.
I await your responses!
2007-07-04 16:13:24 · 7 answers · asked by LocarbHotrod 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I believe the answer to your question depends on whether the blind person was born blind or blinded later in life.
One who was blind from birth and never experienced sight is unlikely to be able to imagine it. One who was blinded later and sighted until then should be able to develop a visual imagination.
2007-07-04 16:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very good question. I think that those that are born blind may have a slightly bigger visual imagination, but still imagine things in the states of liquid, gas and solid, but simply in a different way (not sure how to expalin this). Those that become blind after birth I believe may have a smaller visual imagination, having been deprived of a sense they so rely upon.
A note: The blind can use their hands to create a shape for that thing, so they would be able to imagine liquids and solids.
2007-07-04 23:19:16 · answer #2 · answered by Master Answers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blind man. What we see confines our imagination. For a man who cannot see the world, he must make his own world. In his world, he is not limited by what he knows he saw. The world which he visualizes is undefined. He can shape the world to his imagination. Because we have seen a tree, we have an idea of what a tree is in our minds. This idea is really a composite of the mental pictures we have taken. A blind man, rather, creates his own true, through his imagination.
2007-07-05 00:25:59 · answer #3 · answered by wik 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that blind people see more than those of us who can see. My mom has a best friend that is blind. Shes amazing. I watched her once as we were all talking. I marveled at how intensely she listened to every word that we said. She sees with her heart. I would guess she can see life in a way we never could. "Even though we see, we are blind"
2007-07-04 23:23:46 · answer #4 · answered by tameo 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You might consider investigating physics which speaks to a fourth dimension. As well, there is string theory which proposes a theory of everything based on harmonic resonance in the universe. This includes things such as 11 dimensions and parallel universes.
This is an excellent starting point:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/
2007-07-05 00:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your probably not gonna find the answer on here considering the only way of knowing is asking a blind person, and they are blind in the 1st place so i doubt they are on the computer looking at this right now...
2007-07-04 23:20:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you're gonna have to ask blind people. And when you do, let me know. I've always wondered this myself ;)
2007-07-05 00:15:17 · answer #7 · answered by q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋