sensing, perception
(noun) becoming aware of something via the senses
perception
(noun) the process of perceiving
perception
(noun) knowledge gained by perceiving; “a man admired for the depth of his perception”
perception
(noun) a way of conceiving something; “Luther had a new perception of the Bible”
percept, perception, perceptual experience
(noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Source: WordNet® 3.1
perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
Conscious understanding of something.
Vision (ability)
Acuity
(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
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Source: Wiktionary
Per*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. perceptio: cf. F. perception. See Perceive.]
1. The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception. Sir W. Hamilton. Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence. Bentley.
3. The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility. [Obs.] This experiment discovereth perception in plants. Bacon.
4. An idea; a notion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Note: "The word perception is, in the language of philosophers previous to Reid, used in a very extensive signification. By Descartes, Malebranche, Locke, Leibnitz, and others, it is employed in a sense almost as unexclusive as consciousness, in its widest signification. By Reid this word was limited to our faculty acquisitive of knowledge, and to that branch of this faculty whereby, through the senses, we obtain a knowledge of the external world. But his limitation did not stop here. In the act of external perception he distinguished two elements, to which he gave the names of perception and sensation. He ought perhaps to have called these perception proper and sensation proper, when employed in his special meaning." Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 November 2024
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