Geoff wrote:
"So, perhaps we might say that perceived and understood words lead to/elicit
associations or responses, of course, mediated by our minds."
I responded:
"I'd replace "lead to/elicit", again because of the connotation of
action by Dickinson's words."
Geoff responded:
"How about "precedes"?
That'd work with the following additional alteration. The alteration is aimed
at avoiding saying the "words" precede. It's the action of PERCEIVING the
words that is the critical predecessor, the moment when, say, the raw sense
data
arises in the mind. So:
"So, perhaps we might say that the perception of words precedes associations
or responses generated by our receiving and processing apparatus."
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