Senses are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a sensory system dedicated to each sense. Definition of sense There is no firm agreement among neurologists as to the number of senses because of differing definitions of what constitutes a sense. One definition states that a sense is a faculty by which outside stimuli are perceived.http://www.eioba.com/a70192/senses The conventional five senses are sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste: a classification traditionally attributed to Aristotle.http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=479&letter=S However, humans have at least nine different senses, and there are at least two other senses in other organisms.

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