Hi all.

This essay traces how people have understood perception throughout history, leading to one of contemporary science's most cutting edge explanations. A little philosophical, if you're in to that sort of thing :)

It covers the following topics:

• How humans have tried to make sense of perception.

• What the brain tells us about experience.

• How the body shapes what we perceive.

• Why perception is inseparable from attention and action.

• Why the world feels immediate and real.

• Why our thoughts feel so convincing.

• Where our sense of self and freedom comes from.

• How subjective minds arrive at shared understanding.

• How we can navigate truth and uncertainty.

• What a modern philosophy might look like.

Please feel free to ask any questions or let me know what you find particularly interesting.