Perception Quote by Karl Brunnholzl

An observation, strictly, is only a sensation. Nobody means that we should reject everything but sensations. But as soon as we go beyond sensations…

— Harold Jeffreys

“people will treat with disdain such phenomena as are proved by the evidence of the senses, and commonly experienced—while they will defend to the…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Not all minds are valid cognizers because not all minds know their object non-deceptively. For example, a tree stump at dusk may appear to…

— Kelsang Gyatso

“Observations are determined by the ability to fully perceive actually what exists rather that what is believed or desired to be real.”

— Steven Redhead

“You do realize that your brain is literally hardwired to generate error signals when it sees other human-shaped objects stating a different opinion from…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

— Heinz von Foerster

Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

— Roger Bacon

If I want to understand something, I must observe, I must not criticize, I must not condemn, I must not pursue it as pleasure…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“This conclusion about perception is devastating for science: If our percepts are theory-laden, then perception is hardly a neutral and independent check upon our…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“Science is about recognizing patterns. [...] Everything depends on the ground rules of the observer: if someone refuses to look at obvious patterns because…

— Christopher Knight & Alan Butler

Perception is a selective act of attention and interpretation.

— Deepak Chopra

All observers not laboring under hallucinations of the senses are agreed, or can be made to agree, about facts of sensible experience, through evidence…

— Chauncey Wright