Senses to Understanding to Reason by Immanuel Kant

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As Immanuel Kant once said, “all our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason.” Our senses are an indispensible part of ones life. Our senses allows us receive information from our environment in order to learn, appreciate and understand our surroundings. Sense perception is defined as “any of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch by which the body perceives an external stimulus” (theoryofknowledge.net). It is interlaced with all areas of knowledge. However, this essay will focus on strengths and weaknesses of sense perception in the arts and natural sciences. Art is defined by the oxford dictionaries as the “expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power” (oxforddictionaries.com). Art is a powerful medium that can be used to convey a message. Thus, the essay will focus on the importance of sense perception on the arts. On the other hand, the natural sciences a...

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