On what basis do you think it's true that perception precedes cognition? I must have missed something but it's fairly well understood that perception is never pure but is affected by cognitive preconceptions. Boiled down: we see what we know. WC
--- On Sat, 10/4/08, GEOFF CREALOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: GEOFF CREALOCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Community Vocabulary > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 1:11 PM > By golly, we can agree "perception precedes ... > cognition/perception". > Geoff C > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Community Vocabulary > >Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 09:59:24 EDT > > > >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." > > > > > > > > > >************** > >New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > >Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it > out! > > > >(http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)
