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Perceptions

perception

(Science: psychology) The conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus.

Origin: L. Percipere = to take in completely


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study and listen to the music at the same time

... that 'relates' to a piece of work I am writing. Others, need almost complete silence. For ethnomusicologists, it questions our definitions and perceptions to what music is and its social functions. As someone pointed out earlier, the mozart effect is an interesting area of research.

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by falcons1988
Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:07 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: study and listen to the music at the same time
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Was the doctor's decision ethical? Why?

There is a penchant to talk about ethics as if it was something with a permanent value. It is NOT. Everything depends on circumstances and our perceptions and interpretations of right and wrong of any situation. When what we believe to be ethical interferes with our survival due to circumstance ...

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by Cat
Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:30 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Was the doctor's decision ethical? Why?
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Views: 463

Darwin and Racism

... our genetic lineage - and provides evidence that we have indeed evolved to our current state. Furthmore biology (not evolution) has shown that our perceptions of spirit, supernatural, morality, conscience, etc can all be altered by changing chemical balances. I'm not saying that we're all hopeless ...

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by AstusAleator
Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:01 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Darwin and Racism
Replies: 27
Views: 35498

Re: Species vs Race?

... unwashed. I'm not one who gripes about "ivory tower" mentalities. I've spent most of my effort in arguments defending against those perceptions. But where is the perspective here? I challenge anyone to ask the next twenty people "on the street" what would happen if a Sparrow ...

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by geb
Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:57 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Species vs Race?
Replies: 26
Views: 19061

God vs Evolution

... is so deprived of validity. I say, "No,... that statement is a clear statement of its own limits." Clarity and definition are human perceptions marked by human expressions, all the while knowing their containment in a larger system of indeterminate other forms. Robert Kernodle the ...

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by narrowstaircase
Fri May 11, 2007 12:41 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
Replies: 266
Views: 186489
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