Classification of Sensations

The full gamut of human perception is wildly varied, some experiences forever dancing beyond the grasp of language and mathematics. But even an oversimplified account of sensation can be very valuable. So let's start crudely dividing sensory perceptions into a handful of categories. Defininitions are fuzzy. There may be gaps and overlaps. But starting from this oversimplification we progressively add more detail and refinement until we can ultimately communicate with precision and accuracy about our perceptions. Other sensations like tasting and smelling are discussed here.

Wikipedia Page WikiMechanics Page
Visual Sensations
achromatic.jpg Achromatic Visual Sensations
Bangladeshi.GIF Organic Visual Sensations
Swedish.gif Inorganic Visual Sensations
Thermal Sensations
touching-ice.jpeg Big Thermal Sensations
MS02(detail).jpg Small Thermal Sensations
Acoustic Sensations
clef.jpg Acoustic Sensations


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Next step: some starting assumptions for WikiMechanics.
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