Sensation and Perception

Sense-perception is the fundamental source of empirical knowledge. Our sense-faculties are exercised by the use of our sense-organs. The function of our sense-organs is to enable us to learn how things are in our environment, and how things are with us in respect of our body. This chapter discusses the following tasks: the concept of sensation needs to be clarified and differentiated from that of perception; the general concept of perception has to be anatomized; the concepts of the five perceptual senses require elucidation; and the causal theory of perception needs critical examination. The chapter deals with cognitive powers of the senses, sensation, perception and sensation, and sensation, feeling and tactile perception.