PERCEPTION (Selective)
Charles François (2004). PERCEPTION (Selective), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2512.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2512 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
According to H. SIMON, any person perceives these aspects of a situation specifically related to his/her own activity and goals (1958).
Such selectivity is necesary in order to avoid drowning oneself in the excessive flow of available information and succumb to overload (as could become a result of Internet overflow, for instance).
However, it may lead to a selective blindness or deafness which produce partial or total loss of understanding of the general reference frame. Moreover, in K. BOULDING's words: “The spread of specialized deafness means that someone who ought to know something that someone else knows isn't able to find it out for lack of generalized ears” (1956).