Nature of Logic and perception
...rs are made, not born. There are many common blocks to creativity - perceptual blocks such as seeing only what you want to see, cultural blocks like wanting to conform, and emotional blocks like fear of making a mistake. People may interpret the same information differently or have different ideas about the same information. Uncovering the reasons behind the ways stimuli are grouped will work to create an atmosphere where creative thinking and new ways of looking at old problems are valued and encouraged. Logic enables us to reason rationally. The study of logic should not be all that mysterious - it is merely the formalization of successful patterns of thought. By successful I mean that these patterns of thought lead us to the truth or to knowledge more reliably than the fallacies of thought. It is important to recognize the successful patterns so that we can repeat and apply them in our search for knowledge -and to avoid falling prey to the unsuccessful patterns. Perception is reality or so the saying goes. There are some cases when perception however, does not match reality. Our perception of reality is often a product of our surroundings. In general, we formulate ideas of reality based on our own experiences as well as the experiences of the people around us. Our lives are influenced constantly by the world in which we live. I have made several incorrect assumptions about certain people because of stereotypes that I had against them, whether consciously or unconsciously. The incidents that stick out the most in my mind are the ones in which other people had the wrong idea about me. I can think of several instances in which I saw others place in into a mold that they had created for me. The problem with most stereotypes is that we place them on people that we don’t know very well, that we haven’t learned enough about. If you learn enough about a person then you realize that they only fit into their own unique, God-given mold, not the one you create for them. Having spent most of my life, since the age of nine, either in a wheelchair or on crutches, I have been in many situations in which stereotypes were placed on me. A lot of people assume that because you can’t walk, you can’t think either, or have a real life. In fact, my grandparents did not even think that I could make it in college simply because of the fact my physical body doesn’t work they way everyone else’s does. The worst part was that sometimes you begin to believe the things that other people think about you. If the labels we give others stem from our own shallow impulses and prevent us from really knowing a person, the labels we assign ourselves are even worse. They destroy us from within. No matter what the label, the more we cling to it the more we are going to suffer. No one can make you feel inferior with...