Tag: phenomenology

Abstract interplay of colors and shapes suggesting overlapping senses and filtered perception

Living With Filters: Perception, Color, and Belief

Perception is not raw reality but a construction shaped by biology, memory, and belief. From the science of color to the mysteries of synesthesia, this essay explores how our worldview frames what we see, hear, and know.

Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled How Many Trees Make a Forest? Truth, Relativity, and the Blurred Lines of Perception.

How Many Trees Make a Forest? Truth, Relativity, and the Blurred Lines of Perception

How many trees make a forest? This essay explores the blurred lines between subjectivity and objectivity, the relativity of perception, and the thresholds created by language. From forests to fairness, poverty to truth, we uncover how meaning emerges not in absolutes, but in the gradients and relationships that shape our shared reality.

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