Mind the Gap: Sensory Illusions
Dive into how we perceive the world and each other!
This session of the Exploratorium Philosophy Salon—Mind the Gap: Sensory Illusions—invites you to join the discussion in exploring how we perceive the world through our senses. Illusions happen when our senses are fooled, but they reveal the (usually good) workings of our senses. Vision presents to us a world carved up into objects, with colors and shapes and locations. But do we only see with our eyes? Hearing gives us sounds with locations and causes, but do we only hear with our ears? Taste gives us flavors, of sour and sweet and strawberry and cinnamon. But do we only taste with our tongues? Bring your own questions and observations as we explore the wedge between the world and our sensory experiences of the world.