This book is a pioneering attempt to express various perceptional judgement in everyday life. The book is divided in two parts. The first part gives a brief introduction to some aspects of the relation between the inner and outer worlds. It emphasizes the selective and interpretative nature of perception, and shows how the information that a person gets from a specified part of the outer world depends on the context, or total situation, and on his past experience, which is usefully thought of as being organized into schemata. In second part, it shows how the principles of perception which have been outlined in the previous chapters apply to some of the processes involved in the formulation of scientific judements. The first part of the book can be considered as illustrating the schemata I used in dealing with the material of the second part, that is, in exploring students’ ways of thinking and helping to make them more effective.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jafar Mahmud
Jafar Mahmud is a true Gandhian lover of peace, progress and prosperity, has authored 26 books including the best seller books on Buddha. He is a former Academic Counsellor in Indira Gandhi National Open University and former Research Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, which keeps association with over 200 countries of the world. He has represented India in various International Conferences including the United National Conference (Development of Asia). The author, an eminent futurist was also associated with UNESCO, ILO and UNICEF Projects. He was Project Director of Mass Communication Research Center, Jamia Millia Islamia. He was invited to present a key note address at Banaras Hindu University on the occasion of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. The author was interviewed by Doordarshan in an Exclusive Programma. He has delivered more than 25 talks on All India Radio. His talks have also been relayed from A.I.R. in French and Russian. His work was honoured by the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi and then President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma.
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