What Does It Mean to Say That Our Minds "Create

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Essay

What does it mean to say that our minds "create" an intelligible world? To what extent do you think this is so?

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Definitions:

Observations

Data points or pieces of information gathered through the senses or instruments during an experiment or study.

Bell-Shaped

Describes the symmetric shape of a distribution that is highest in the middle and tapers off towards both ends, characteristic of a normal distribution.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical rule stating that for any set of data, regardless of distribution, a certain percentage of values will fall within a specific number of standard deviations from the mean.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical theorem stating that for any set of data, the proportion of results that lie within a certain number of standard deviations from the mean is at least 1-1/k^2, for k>1.