Dr. Stephen Hicks

It's partly because... So, is this a metaphor for what?

It's partly because... So, is this a metaphor for what?

You live in a dynamical environment.

You live in a dynamical environment.

You live in a dynamical environment.

Yeah, let me try a different, I don't want to use the tabernacle example, I'm not as familiar with it, but suppose you think of the difference between a place, let's say you're walking through, this is an example I heard from another philosopher, you're walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood, right, at night, and you think it's a slightly dangerous neighborhood.

Yeah, let me try a different, I don't want to use the tabernacle example, I'm not as familiar with it, but suppose you think of the difference between a place, let's say you're walking through, this is an example I heard from another philosopher, you're walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood, right, at night, and you think it's a slightly dangerous neighborhood.

Yeah, let me try a different, I don't want to use the tabernacle example, I'm not as familiar with it, but suppose you think of the difference between a place, let's say you're walking through, this is an example I heard from another philosopher, you're walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood, right, at night, and you think it's a slightly dangerous neighborhood.

And so what you're trying to do is take in as much as you can.

And so what you're trying to do is take in as much as you can.

And so what you're trying to do is take in as much as you can.

And so the language that comes to me more naturally is the language of a field. It's a magnetic field or electric field or energy field.

And so the language that comes to me more naturally is the language of a field. It's a magnetic field or electric field or energy field.

And so the language that comes to me more naturally is the language of a field. It's a magnetic field or electric field or energy field.

Yes, that's right. And in that case, what I'm trying to do is not focus on any one thing in particular. like I might when I'm reading. Then I'm using my visual attention and I'm focusing on this particular thing. Or I'm an artist and I'm trying to do the glint on the eyeball for the finishing touch.

Yes, that's right. And in that case, what I'm trying to do is not focus on any one thing in particular. like I might when I'm reading. Then I'm using my visual attention and I'm focusing on this particular thing. Or I'm an artist and I'm trying to do the glint on the eyeball for the finishing touch.

Yes, that's right. And in that case, what I'm trying to do is not focus on any one thing in particular. like I might when I'm reading. Then I'm using my visual attention and I'm focusing on this particular thing. Or I'm an artist and I'm trying to do the glint on the eyeball for the finishing touch.

So my eyes are wide open and I'm concentrating and I'm trying to do this and everything else is in the field. But that I think is coextensive in terms of how our perceptual faculty works as if I am in the bad neighborhood, at night. And what I've tried to do is just expand my attention to encompass this whole field so that if anything moves in that entire field, then I can zoom in on that.

So my eyes are wide open and I'm concentrating and I'm trying to do this and everything else is in the field. But that I think is coextensive in terms of how our perceptual faculty works as if I am in the bad neighborhood, at night. And what I've tried to do is just expand my attention to encompass this whole field so that if anything moves in that entire field, then I can zoom in on that.

So my eyes are wide open and I'm concentrating and I'm trying to do this and everything else is in the field. But that I think is coextensive in terms of how our perceptual faculty works as if I am in the bad neighborhood, at night. And what I've tried to do is just expand my attention to encompass this whole field so that if anything moves in that entire field, then I can zoom in on that.