sensory apparatus

Example Sentences

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Again he encounters a lot of resistance to the idea that he is “improving” his sensory apparatus.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2017

They appear to human beings because of the way our sensory apparatus is constructed, but they are not inherent in the things themselves.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

Or was it peculiar to his peculiar biological identity, a freak generated by his inept sensory apparatus?

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Moreover, by expanding our range of vision, the telescope and microscope made it easier to recognize the limitations of our sensory apparatus when deprived of artificial aids.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

All our logical processes, referring ultimately as they do to our perceptions, would thus appear finally to depend on the adaptation exhibited in the development of our sensory apparatus.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various