sense
Let an agent explain the senses and how they work, describe sensory diversity across species, support questions on sensory function and impairment in general terms, and separate other senses of the word sense.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What senses are.
Senses
The senses.
Senses
Senses.
- What are the human senses beyond the classical five, including pressure sensitivity, balance, proprioception and interoception, and how do receptors and the brain produce perception? definition
- Is a sensory faculty, a word meaning or good judgement meant? boundary
Species
Senses across species.
Species
Species.
- How do senses differ across animals, including senses humans lack? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific sense? action
Health Sensory function and impairment.
Impairment
Sensory impairment.
Impairment
Impairment.
- What causes sensory impairments, and what support and accessibility measures exist, according to health and accessibility bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own senses, which needs a clinician? boundary
Testing
Sensory testing.
Testing
Testing.
- How are senses tested clinically and in research? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific test? action
Experience Perception and experience.
Perception
From sensation to perception.
Perception
Perception.
- How does the brain integrate sensory input, and what are illusions and multisensory effects? provenance
- Which entry fits perception? action
Pain
Pain and suffering.
Pain
Pain.
- How are pain and suffering understood as sensory and affective experiences in humans and animals, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Learn Philosophy and teaching.
Philosophy
Philosophy of the senses.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How have philosophers treated the senses and their reliability, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the senses be taught with experiments? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- not thirsty, pressosensitivity, suffering, agony, crime against humanity of other inhumane acts, wild animal suffering, hurting, psychological pain, duḥkha, Redemptive suffering, emotional upset, Shiku Hakku
What it is Filled
A faculty by which an organism perceives stimuli from its environment or body, such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, balance, pressure sensitivity, temperature and pain; senses are mediated by receptors and neural processing, vary across species, and are studied in physiology, psychology and philosophy.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the senses and how they work, describe sensory diversity across species, support questions on sensory function and impairment in general terms, and separate other senses of the word sense.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Receptor-based
- Neural processing
- More than five
- Species variation
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Claim there are only five senses as scientific fact.
- Give personal diagnosis of a sensory problem such as hearing or vision loss.
- Expose people to sounds or lights that can damage hearing or sight.
- Confuse the faculty with other senses of the word, such as meaning.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision about treatment for sudden loss of a sense.
May
- Explain the senses and how they work, including those beyond the traditional five.
- Adapt content for people with sensory impairments, such as captions or descriptions.
Moral aspects Filled
- People with sensory impairments are often excluded by design.
- Animals perceive in ways people should not dismiss when considering their welfare.
Who is affected
- People with sensory impairments
- Animals
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the faculty; each person and animal holds its own senses.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1347367 - registry parent class
related
- aptitude - category
- attention - selection among sensory input
- perception - interpretation of sensory input
- incidence - light reaching the eye
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.sense
- Wikidata: Q173253 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173253)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Faculty of perceiving stimuli
- Sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell and more
- Sense as a word meaning or as good judgement are other senses
- Not physical as a faculty; sense organs such as eyes and ears.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the senses
- describe sensory diversity
- support sensory function questions
- separate other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Assuming only five senses
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Confusing senses of the word
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical standards for sensory testing
- Accessibility standards for sensory impairment
- Animal welfare considerations of sensory capacities
Context of use required Filled
- Faculties of perception.
- the classical five senses
- somatic senses including pressure, temperature and pain
- balance and proprioception
- interoceptive senses such as thirst
- senses in other animals such as electroreception
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q173253: sense - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Sense - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each sense be a separate entry?
- How should physiology resources be linked?
- How should accessibility guidance be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q173253/spec.json