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Do you think that by understanding the five senses, we can better understand the basic principles of cognition? How so?

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Do you think that by understanding the five senses, we can better understand the basic principles of cognition? How so?

No; I do not think that by understanding the five senses, we can better understand the basic principles of cognition. Rather, by understanding the senses, we will still be somewhat limited because our senses are filtered or perceived FIRST through the brain. However, by better understanding neuroscience, we can better comprehend our five senses, which ...

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