What is the role of sense perception in the various areas of knowledge, for example, history or ethics? How does it differ across the disciplines? Is it more important in relation to some disciplines than others? Is there any knowledge that is completely

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What is the role of sense perception in the various areas of knowledge, for example, history or ethics? How does it differ across the disciplines? Is it more important in relation to some disciplines than others? Is there any knowledge that is completely independent of sense perception?

Sense perception is defined as “Awareness of an object of thought, especially that of apparently external objects through use of the senses.” (Kemerling) Its role varies between the different areas of knowledge. It is more important to natural science, human science, history and arts in relation to mathematics and ethics.

Humans and animals receive information with their senses. We smell the fragrance of flowers, and hear the sound of birds chirping; we feel the smoothness of a silk sheet, taste the bitter taste of olives and see pictures of loved ones.  The body is designed to deal with these senses. When we touch something hot the body reacts by a stimulus and the sensory nerves carry the information to the brain which makes us remove our hand from the hot object. Also with hearing, when the sound waves reach are eardrums it vibrates and our brains translate these vibrations into sound.  (balance) sense allows us to sense body movement, direction and acceleration and to sustain balance. Thermoception is the sense of heat and cold which is done mostly by the skin. Propioception (also known as the kinaesthetic sense) gives information to the brain on the location of parts of the body. Nociception (also known as physical pain) indicates when there is damage or near-damage to tissue in the body. (Wikipedia)

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Natural science refers to “any of the sciences that deal with matter, energy, and their interrelations and transformations or with objectively measurable phenomena”. (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary) Thus, natural science disciplines are astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics and earth science. Chemistry, physics and earth science are not that important to sense perception as the other disciplines. Astronomy is the science of celestial objects and phenomena that started outside the Earth’s atmosphere. In the seventh century around 1609 Galileo Galilei invented the telescope. This allowed us to see the sky in more depth. By using one of the five senses, see we can ...

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