Definitions
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Word origin
A learned borrowing, after concept, from Classical Latin perceptum (“a proposition, principle, general idea”), from the neuter of perceptus (“perceived”), the past participle of percipiō (“to perceive”); see perceive. Coined by the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), in Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, published posthumously in 1860 (see the quotation).
Used in a sentence
“It may even be that the percepts detected by one sense organ are experienced as having the modality standardly associated with another.”
“I see an inkstand on the table: that is a percept. Moving my head, I get a different percept of the inkstand.”
“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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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Mental impression”7 letters
02“Thing perceived”7 letters
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