Rachel Johnson
AP English 11
Mrs. Wilhelmus
August 15, 2013
Perception
In the “Kant” chapter it is based off
the findings of the philosopher
Immanuel Kant. In
modern philosophy he thought that our world was viewed
differently by everybody. It was considered that every human
sees a concept
in a new light based on their surroundings and this can even
affect their
morals he suggested.
While
in this chapter Sophie is given an experiment to be able to
learn what Kant was trying to accomplish in his thinking.
Sophie had to put on
red-tinted glasses and look around a room. While looking
around everything was
red but in different shades. While some areas were dark
others were light but even
though the shades were different everything was red this
shows that while the
everything is red there are some differences and based on
how you perceive your
environment around you could differ from person to person.
This
experiment can be portrayed into my own life because I perceive
things differently from other people. Growing up with a twin I have always had to
share everything. For me even having to share my birthday as
opposed to someone
who does not is different because they get a day that is all
to themselves. People that
grew up an only child never know what it is like wanting something to just be
your
own and that’s where personality plays a factor as well
because my twin and I are
different and don’t have to share that. Luckily for me I had
a brother and not a sister
and I always had somebody to play with when others did not.
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