Theory of Knowledge

Presentation – Colour
Problems

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The Brain Games – National
Geographic Channel – explores
sense perception
B/W picture of a man – Age?
Coloured picture of a man –
age?
Difference - remarkable

Real Life Situation

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To what extend do emotion
and sense perception affect
how we see art?

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Areas of Ways of
Knowled Knowing:
ge: 1.Sense
1.Art Perceptio
n (sight)
2.Emotion

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Sight is affect by:
Optical illusions
Expectation
Figure and ground theory

Reliability of sight
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 Two contrasting
colours put together
– plays trick of
movement and
colour definition
Black/white borders
– make the picture
move

Optical illusions
Is the picture moving?

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Exposure to
alternating
patters –
angle of
pictures –
brightness or
colours
Mind –
trained to
see motion –
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If we expect something to happen –
we see that happening
An Christian expects to see a demon
in someone – they will perceive a
mentally sick person as ‘possessed’
– their activities are thus that of a
demon

Expectation
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How does the brain
decide which is the
figure and which is
the background?
Size – smaller
regions – figures
Colors – a brighter
colour is always
chosen as
background
Figure and Ground
Theory
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There are three stages of interpreting
an art:
1. Notice and observe the color
schemes
2. Relation to experience/memories
3. Interpreting what it means

Art and Sense

Perception (Claim)
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Problems with Art
and Sense perception
Counter- claim
Ignorance – you don’t see what
you don’t like
Biasness – if it doesn’t fit with
your morals – you ignore/dislike
the art
McGurk’s Effect

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Depends on visual speed information
Shows conflict between what we
hear and what we see
Hearing contrasts our sight
In this case which sense of
perception is more reliable?
Sight – overrules any other senses –

McGurk’s Effect
wrong information perceived.

(counter-claim)
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Some colours make brighter emotions and
some make dull
Yellow – brightness and knowledge
Grey – dullness and depression
Depends on whether they can be understood
easily
Simple pictures = easy to understand = more
emotions = get higher rating and preference
Spread World wide knowledge

Art and Emotion (claim)

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States that emotions are used to
drive a person towards or away to a
goal
Positive emotions – happy – towards
a goal
Negative emotions – sadness –
away from goal (depression)

Minimal Model
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Psychology: Not everyone feels the
same emotion (Red – Blood/ love)
Reliability of these emotions and their
experimentation – no definite proof
Rationality – some emotions may be
strong but not relevant to the picture
(depends on experience, emotional
background, environment, etc.)

Problems with Art and

Emotion (counter-claim)
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Art is affected by not only sense
perception and emotion but also by
other ways of knowing
Imagination helps us come to vast
amount of conclusions about one art
piece
Reasoning helps depict whether an
idea is reasonable or not.

Conclusion
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 RED
YELLOW Stroop Effect: It
is hard to read the
BLUE colors and not
words – creates a
GREEN problem in sense
perception –
naming colors
requires more
concentration
than reading word
Real Life Situation
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Bibliography
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Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2014.
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