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noun

Percept n.

That object or phenomenon which is perceived.

The mental result of perceiving; the sensation of something perceived; that part of the mental state resulting from an act of perception. "The modern discussion between percept and concept, the one sensuous, the other intellectual."

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Etymology of 'Percept'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Percept" Quotes from Famous Books

... terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of the mind. To find such sensational termini should be our aim with all higher thought. They end discussion, they destroy the false conceit of knowledge, and without them we are all at sea with each other's meaning. If two men act alike on a percept, they believe themselves to feel alike about it; if not, they may suspect they know it in differing ways. We can never be sure we understand each other till we are able to bring the matter to this test. This is why metaphysical discussions are so much like ...

— Personality in Literature • Rolfe Arnold Scott-James

Words linked to "Percept" : representation, shape, visual image, form, internal representation, ground, mental representation, visual percept, pattern, perceptual experience