Senses

The first way of knowing discussed was sense perception. There are 5 main senses that are considered in most cases:

1. Hearing
2. Touch
3. Smell
4. Sight
5. Taste

I've decided to place these in order of their importance in my opinion, based, as well, on the consensus that we reached when asked to do the same in groups.

1. Sight
2. Hearing
3. Touch
4. Smell
5. Taste

The reason for the order coincides with the way I essentially define the purpose of the senses to be. I basically state that they are key aspects of survival. This puts into the perspective of the importance of sight. What are we without sight? It may enhance other senses, but imagine how dangerous life would be without sight.You can't taste a 1000m cliff ahead of you.... You can hear it though. This puts emphasis on the idea of the loss of one sense enhancing another. Some people are trained to see with sounds they make that reflects off the objects around them. This also puts into perspective the lack of importance that taste has when it comes to survival.

These senses are the main ones, although there are others, all of which we discussed in class, that can as well be considered senses:

- Thermoception (sense of temperature)
- Proprioception (kinesthetic sense)
- Nociception (sense of pain)
- Equilibrioception (sense of balance)

They should also be considered senses, as they are, again, key aspects of survival. They help us survive and stay away from danger in everyday life.