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I completely agree with Paul

Submitted by vpizzini on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 8:05pm.

I completely agree with Paul and Julia: psychologists are trained to see all different perceptions, as we are able to categorize and interpret incoming sensory information.

However, after thediscussion in class, I feel that I’m really confused…

If we perceive things differently from one another, does this mean that there is more than onereality? Are we, in some ways, prisoners and only able to see the shadows of a reality, like the men of Plato’s cave? Do we call reality something that is not? How would we be able to recognize the sources of the shadows?

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