Organisms are both physical as well as experiential beings and it always useful to be accurate about when we are talking about one or the other. For example, it is well known that we have a blind spot in our visual field, where the optic nerve meets the retina. As far as the physical being goes, the blind spot is an area where there are no photoreceptors. However, the experiential being does not experience the blind spot as a hole in its visual field. It is not as if we walk around with a little black circle in front of us where we cannot see anything.
Understanding Regularities 7: Organized Organisms
Understanding Regularities 7: Organized…
Understanding Regularities 7: Organized Organisms
Organisms are both physical as well as experiential beings and it always useful to be accurate about when we are talking about one or the other. For example, it is well known that we have a blind spot in our visual field, where the optic nerve meets the retina. As far as the physical being goes, the blind spot is an area where there are no photoreceptors. However, the experiential being does not experience the blind spot as a hole in its visual field. It is not as if we walk around with a little black circle in front of us where we cannot see anything.