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When should we trust our senses to give us the truth?
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... Theory of Knowledge Knowledge issue: "When should we trust our senses to give us the truth?" Sensory perception is the reception and interpretation of knowledge through sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. These five senses provide us with information as to what there is in the world and allow us to be aware of certain qualities of these things. It is exclusively through sensory perception that humans acquire knowledge of the external world, as all other ways of knowing are direct results of it. Emotion is chemical releases or nervous reactions in the body, both of which must be perceived, caused by the perception of an external event. Language is an external transmission of knowledge and therefore must be perceived to be utilized. Reason is the deduction or induction of knowledge and therefore must be based on an observation, which must also be perceived. Can this way of knowing be trusted? To
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