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:Often used in philosophical contexts; for example, John Locke contrasted perception with volition (see quot. 1690).

:Often used in philosophical contexts; for example, John Locke contrasted perception with volition (see quot. 1690).

===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 Powers 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.

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 Powers 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]

 

==Article==

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In [[psychology]] and the [[cognitive science]]s, '''perception''' is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of [[sense|sensory]] [[information]]. It is a task far more complex than was imagined in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was proclaimed that building perceiving machines would take about a decade, but, needless to say, that is still very far from reality. The word ''perception'' comes from the Latin ''perception, percepio, '', meaning "receiving, collecting, action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses."

In [[psychology]] and the [[cognitive science]]s, '''perception''' is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of [[sense|sensory]] [[information]]. It is a task far more complex than was imagined in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was proclaimed that building perceiving machines would take about a decade, but, needless to say, that is still very far from reality. The word ''perception'' comes from the Latin ''perception, percepio, '', meaning "receiving, collecting, action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses."