Post by candace1120 on Jul 30, 2015 4:12:10 GMT
Week 4
1. Explain the virtual stimulation theory of consciousness?
The theory of consciousness has been studied by many philosophers such as Benedict De Spinoza, John Locke, Emmanuel Kant as well as may others. When I googled the definition of consciousness three different definitions come to the page. Definition one "the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings". Definition two states "the awareness or perception of something by a person". Finally definition three states "the fact of awareness by the mind and the world". The definitions are all correct depending on the Philosopher you are studying. Although all the philosophers have a similar theory of being conscious. In the film “The Disneyland of Consciousness” the speaker uses Disneyland’s ride Pirates of the Carrabin as an example of what tricks our mind plays. The speaker speaks about how he went on the ride and swore that one of the pirates sitting on a bridge was an actor although after years later he realized it was just an animatronic image. The speaker states how we can be fooled, and how we easily can impute consciousness on mechanic characters.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what is it for our genetic survival?
Our brains are one of the most unknown organ in the human body, we have yet to find out all the functions that the brain can do. Humans are said to only use ten percent of the entire brain. The brain has a way of playing tricks, for example say someone is home alone they know no one is in the house although they become paranoid. They begin to hear noises and freak themselves out this is the mind playing games. Another example is when we dream as stated in the required film, we have dreams that seem so vivid and real although when we wake up we only then realize they aren’t real. By our mind creating illusions, or playing a scene of a way something could happen it allows us to come up with was to react to that scenario even if it isn’t likely to happen that exact way. This allows us to not always have to think on our toes.
1. Explain the virtual stimulation theory of consciousness?
The theory of consciousness has been studied by many philosophers such as Benedict De Spinoza, John Locke, Emmanuel Kant as well as may others. When I googled the definition of consciousness three different definitions come to the page. Definition one "the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings". Definition two states "the awareness or perception of something by a person". Finally definition three states "the fact of awareness by the mind and the world". The definitions are all correct depending on the Philosopher you are studying. Although all the philosophers have a similar theory of being conscious. In the film “The Disneyland of Consciousness” the speaker uses Disneyland’s ride Pirates of the Carrabin as an example of what tricks our mind plays. The speaker speaks about how he went on the ride and swore that one of the pirates sitting on a bridge was an actor although after years later he realized it was just an animatronic image. The speaker states how we can be fooled, and how we easily can impute consciousness on mechanic characters.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what is it for our genetic survival?
Our brains are one of the most unknown organ in the human body, we have yet to find out all the functions that the brain can do. Humans are said to only use ten percent of the entire brain. The brain has a way of playing tricks, for example say someone is home alone they know no one is in the house although they become paranoid. They begin to hear noises and freak themselves out this is the mind playing games. Another example is when we dream as stated in the required film, we have dreams that seem so vivid and real although when we wake up we only then realize they aren’t real. By our mind creating illusions, or playing a scene of a way something could happen it allows us to come up with was to react to that scenario even if it isn’t likely to happen that exact way. This allows us to not always have to think on our toes.