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:1. a. The [[process]] of becoming aware or conscious of a thing or [[things]] in general; the state of being aware; [[consciousness]]; {dag} (spiritual) understanding (obs.).

:1. a. The [[process]] of becoming aware or conscious of a thing or [[things]] in general; the state of being aware; [[consciousness]]; {dag} (spiritual) understanding (obs.).

:Often used in philosophical [[context]]s; for example, John Locke contrasted '''perception''' with [[volition]] (see quot. 1690).

:Often used in philosophical [[context]]s; for example, John Locke contrasted '''perception''' with [[volition]] (see quot. 1690).

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===History===

===History===

a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 14v, It nedi{th} to {th}e ouer aungels alwey teche and lede {th}e ne{th}ir aungelis {th}at {th}ey mowe be knowinge to {th}e bischinynge and illuminacioun, adduccioun & comunicacioun, induccioun, conuersioun, commencoun, & percepcioun of god. 1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & Eng. Tongues, Perception, a perception; a perceiuing, apprehension, vnderstanding. 1661 J. GLANVILL Vanity of Dogmatizing x. 87 The best Philosophy..derives all sensitive perception from Motion, and corporal impress. 1690 J. LOCKE Ess. Humane Understanding II. vi. 51 The two great and principal Actions of the Mind..are these two: Perception, or [[Thinking]]; and Volition, or Willing. 1725 I. WATTS Logick I. i, Perception is that Act of the [[Mind]] (or as some Philosophers call it, rather a Passion or Impression) whereby the Mind becomes conscious of any Thing, as when I feel Hunger, Thirst, or Cold, or Heat; when I see a Horse, a Tree, or a Man; when I hear a human Voice, or Thunder. 1751 J. HARRIS Hermes I. ii. 15 By the [[Power]]s of Perception, I mean the Senses and the [[Intellect]]. 1826 W. KIRBY & W. SPENCE Introd. Entomol. IV. xlv. 234 The agent between the common sensory and the sense is the consciousness or perception of the impression. 1860 J. TYNDALL Glaciers of Alps II. ix. 270 Such pleasure the direct perception of natural [[truth]] always imparts. 1924 R. M. OGDEN tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind v. 295 This constancy of form becomes the child's mode of perception. 1970 A. TOFFLER Future Shock iii. 40 Man's perception of [[time]] is closely linked with his internal rhythms. 1990 Philos. Rev. 99 113 Berkeley's minds are active in imagination and passive in perception. [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50175105?query_type=word&queryword=perception&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=2&search_id=dpsI-FPuMT0-7974&hilite=50175105]

a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 14v, It nedi{th} to {th}e ouer aungels alwey teche and lede {th}e ne{th}ir aungelis {th}at {th}ey mowe be knowinge to {th}e bischinynge and illuminacioun, adduccioun & comunicacioun, induccioun, conuersioun, commencoun, & percepcioun of god. 1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & Eng. Tongues, Perception, a perception; a perceiuing, apprehension, vnderstanding. 1661 J. GLANVILL Vanity of Dogmatizing x. 87 The best Philosophy..derives all sensitive perception from Motion, and corporal impress. 1690 J. LOCKE Ess. Humane Understanding II. vi. 51 The two great and principal Actions of the Mind..are these two: Perception, or [[Thinking]]; and Volition, or Willing. 1725 I. WATTS Logick I. i, Perception is that Act of the [[Mind]] (or as some Philosophers call it, rather a Passion or Impression) whereby the Mind becomes conscious of any Thing, as when I feel Hunger, Thirst, or Cold, or Heat; when I see a Horse, a Tree, or a Man; when I hear a human Voice, or Thunder. 1751 J. HARRIS Hermes I. ii. 15 By the [[Power]]s of Perception, I mean the Senses and the [[Intellect]]. 1826 W. KIRBY & W. SPENCE Introd. Entomol. IV. xlv. 234 The agent between the common sensory and the sense is the consciousness or perception of the impression. 1860 J. TYNDALL Glaciers of Alps II. ix. 270 Such pleasure the direct perception of natural [[truth]] always imparts. 1924 R. M. OGDEN tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind v. 295 This constancy of form becomes the child's mode of perception. 1970 A. TOFFLER Future Shock iii. 40 Man's perception of [[time]] is closely linked with his internal rhythms. 1990 Philos. Rev. 99 113 Berkeley's minds are active in imagination and passive in perception. [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50175105?query_type=word&queryword=perception&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=2&search_id=dpsI-FPuMT0-7974&hilite=50175105]