The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104661   Message #2146640
Posted By: autolycus
11-Sep-07 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Knee jerk conservatives
Subject: RE: BS: Knee jerk conservatives
Personal experience is not transparent but dependant on so many variables it's not true.

Like family background, personal view of the meaning of life, aims in life, personal way of relating to one's environment, range of knowledge ("how do you know if you're ill-informed?"), etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.


"As within, so without>" (Rilke)


20 witnesses to an accident give 20 different accounts. They were all speaking from their personal experience.

So we can add variability of perception.


There's more to perception than hits the eyeball.


      Ivor