David Buchanan wrote:
> QUESTION FOR STRUAN: You say that "most empiricism was quite happy to
> include all manner of data outside of the biological senses". Could you
> provide an example of non-sensory data? You're not talking about extra
> sensory perception, are you? Are you refering to purely logical thought,
> such as mathematics? What data comes to us outside of the biological
> senses? See what I'm getting at? DMB
>
>
here's a question for you DMB....when you say the senses, are you
referring to the five main senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste and
touch) we were taught are all there is? depending on how you see it,
there are actually more than that. a couple come to mind....knowing
what position our body is in at any time....this may be just an
extension of touch, but when we hold our body in a certain position,
it is possible to know without looking, what position it is in. that
may not be the best example.....so, we'll try another. ever sit in a
non-moving car and then the vehicle next to you starts to move and you
(mistakingly) believe it is you that are moving? is this a "sense"?
lastly, the work i do with my actors has a lot to do with sending and
sensing energy. we did an exercise where the actors stood in a
circle and one actor would pass energy to another (all receivers had
eyes closed)...invariably, the intended target "felt" the energy.
(but not like they "feel" wind) (much like the "feeling" that someone
is watching you and you turn around and they are.)
Shalom
David Lind
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