Percept

Definitions

1. Something perceived; the object of perception.
   archaic
2. A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.

Equivalents

Examples

“Whether it might not, in like⟳ manner, be proper to introduce⟳ the term percept for the object of perception, I shall not at present⟳ inquire.”

“I see⟳ an inkstand on the table: that is a percept. Moving my head, I get⟳ a different percept of the inkstand.”

“So far as in that world it is a stable feature, holds ink, marks paper and obeys the guidance of a hand, it is a physical pen. [...] So far as it is instable, on the contrary, coming and going with the movements of my eyes, altering with what I call⟳ my fancy, continuous with subsequent experiences of its ‘having been’ (in the past tense), it is the percept of a pen in my mind⟳.”

“Socrates remarks that when he is well he finds wine sweet, but when ill, sour. Here it is a change⟳ in the percipient that causes the change⟳ in the percept.”

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