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february201328 logarithmically PKS S Why do small children place 3 halfway between 1 and 10 Why do two light bulbs not seem twice as bright as one Why do we perceive so many things logarithmic. Rules of Perceptual Organization. Gestalt Psychologists. The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Closure. Even if there are gaps in a picture we will see the object. Rules of Perceptual Organization. J. Blackmon. George Berkeley. Brief Biography. 1685-1753, Irish. Wrote on human vision and perspective. Advocated . Immaterialism. , which most people now call . Idealism. Later influenced Ernst Mach and Albert Einstein. S. Strengths. Characteristics that . give . your business an . advantage over . others. . What is your value proposition, how does it differentiate with your competitors?. What do other perceive as your strengths?. How the $5 you forgot proves God’s existence.. Do you ever worry that the room you just left ceases to exist when you turn your back?. That a tree in the forest will vanish if no one is there to see it?. Esse. is . percipi. Principles of Human Knowledge. George Berkeley. Skepticism. “I know the meaning but I don’t know the analysis”. How theory-laden is language?. Eddington’s. table. numbers. question:. Outline and explain the argument from perceptual variation as an objection to direct realism. . Point to consider:. DR = objects are mind-independent. When we perceive physical objects, we perceive them directly i.e. as they really are in the external world. . School of thought interested in how people naturally organize their perceptions according to certain patterns.. Emphasizes that the . whole. is greater than the sum of its parts.. Max Wertheimer. GESTALT PRINCIPLES. Preliminary Results . of empirical research by Vera . Bermingham. , Graeme Broadbent, Mike Cuthbert and John Hodgson. N = 67. Who?. Pale. – 94% white. Stale. ? . – . 83% have over 13 years experience as legal academics; 54% over 21 years. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing . What do we perceive?. Direct realism: we perceive physical objects, which exist independent of our experience. Physical objects existed before minds. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing. Idealism. Idealism: everything that exists is a mind or dependent on a . mind. Berkeley: . to . be is to be perceived (or to perceive): . Keys to Personal Success Welcome Your Facilitator Who’s Here – Ice Breaker Activity Seminar Goals Understand Yourself Understand Others Appreciate Differences Welcome True Colors History Encoding in the retina. Encoding: Ganglion cells have center/surround receptive fields. Rods send information to . magnocellular. pathway. Cones send information to . parvocellular. pathway. Lateral Geniculate Nucleus. or the light of his other commitments Rebecca Copenhaver has forcefully argued that Reidian acquired perception in no way falls short of genuine perception 2010 In the rest of this section I offer f Status is ubiquitous in modern life, yet our understanding of its role as a driver of inequality is limited.  In Status, sociologist and social psychologist Cecilia Ridgeway examines how this ancient and universal form of inequality influences today’s ostensibly meritocratic institutions and why it matters. Ridgeway illuminates the complex ways in which status affects human interactions as we work together towards common goals, such as in classroom discussions, family decisions, or workplace deliberations. Ridgeway’s research on status has important implications for our understanding of social inequality. Distinct from power or wealth, status is prized because it provides affirmation from others and affords access to valuable resources. Ridgeway demonstrates how the conferral of status inevitably contributes to differing life outcomes for individuals, with impacts on pay, wealth creation, and health and wellbeing. Status beliefs are widely held views about who is better in society than others in terms of esteem, wealth, or competence. These beliefs confer advantages which can exacerbate social inequality. Ridgeway notes that status advantages based on race, gender, and class—such as the belief that white men are more competent than others—are the most likely to increase inequality by facilitating greater social and economic opportunities. Ridgeway argues that status beliefs greatly enhance higher status groups’ ability to maintain their advantages in resources and access to positions of power and make lower status groups less likely to challenge the status quo. Many lower status people will accept their lower status when given a baseline level of dignity and respect—being seen, for example, as poor but hardworking. She also shows that people remain willfully blind to status beliefs and their effects because recognizing them can lead to emotional discomfort. Acknowledging the insidious role of status in our lives would require many higher-status individuals to accept that they may not have succeeded based on their own merit many lower-status individuals would have to acknowledge that they may have been discriminated against. Ridgeway suggests that inequality need not be an inevitable consequence of our status beliefs. She shows how status beliefs can be subverted—as when we reject the idea that all racial and gender traits are fixed at birth, thus refuting the idea that women and people of color are less competent than their male and white counterparts. This important new book demonstrates the pervasive influence of  status on social inequality and suggests ways to ensure that it has a less detrimental impact on our lives.