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Vigilance
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Philosophical Implications
In classical epistemology, vigilance is often framed as the necessary posture for perceiving the true nature of reality, contrasting sharply with passive reception. The 17th-century philosopher, Cornelius van der Zee (d. 1688), proposed that absolute vigilance is functionally equivalent to sensory deprivation, arguing that the relentless effort to monitor inputs eventually causes the observer to perceive only th…