sense perception
Bodily information intake
Sense perception is the process by which we become aware of the world through our senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
Philosophers distinguish sense perception from other ways of knowing, like reasoning or intuition, because it depends on physical stimulation of sensory organs.
Empiricists argue that all knowledge ultimately derives from sense perception.
The term appears most often in philosophical and psychological contexts where the reliability or nature of sensory experience is under examination.
- sightVisual perception faculty
- colorVisual hue property
- color blindUnable to perceive certain hues
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
loud noise · touch · soft touch · taste · bitter taste · nerve endings · smell · pitch · pressure · umami · pungency · flavor · sweet · temperature · body heat · aroma · pain · vibration
- ancient skepticismsuspension of judgment, ataraxia, Agrippa, anti-dogmatism
- Berkeley philosophyimmaterialism, George Berkeley, idealism, anti-materialism
sense perceptionintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
pure reason · rational thought · a priori knowledge · revelation · introspection
sense perceptionabstract reasoning
Thought using concepts alone
logical deduction · inference · mathematical reasoning · philosophical reflection
sense perceptionimagination
Faculty for forming ideas
memory · conceptualization · abstraction · contemplation · ideation
sense, senses, sensed, sensing, sensory, sensation, sensational, sensate, sensitive