Our conscious perception of the world, though relatively stable, is not static.
Not exact matches
While, Whitehead says, the clear, distinct, and
conscious impressions
of the mind are «handy» and provide «the manageable elements in our
perceptions of the
world,» they are not what is most real or most important.11 It is the things in the
world which matter most:
I would think the spirit
of God would work more in our
conscious and our
perceptions of the
world and learning about it (some people can shut that off — ie: like someone very racist).
«7 It is the former mode
of pre - or subconscious
perception — exhibited in the behavior
of bodily organs and tissues, manifest and directly observable also throughout the sentient but nonhuman
world, and bearing a close resemblance to William James's «stream
of consciousness» or «blooming, buzzing confusion» — upon which our
conscious knowledge
of the «causal nexus» may be grounded.
«The more interesting implications
of the research concern what constitutes our
conscious visual
perception of the
world,» he says.