When asked "Can anything exist outside of perception?" one may quickly be informed that the answer is definitely yes. However this answer is not easily explained and has entailed a great deal of time and energy for many years in attempting to figure out a concrete explanation. In an attempt to contribute to the advancement of this philosophical quest of truth, this report will cover the realities of perception and what those actualities might lead in belief of or to.
What is perception? The Webster dictionary defines perception to be knowledge by the senses and/or intellect by the mind of what is presented to it. These two interpretations have vastly different annotations, one indicating perception to be a physical act and the other as being an intellectual act. Why is this important to know? Because we are humans and by default can never know all the answers and thus we come to understand that our beliefs are inadvertently based on other people's experiences, leaving room for misperceptions. What is misperception?…
