Saturday, January 23, 2010

"You're seeing things."

Perception(cognizing things) is a constructing in space and time. Without an extending from some reference point, there is no "space" or "time" and thus, no basis for "perception".
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  1. DJHJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:46 PM

    You are using the word perception to refer to something conceptually "dualistic"? Then you need the word "apperception" I guess, though I don't know that the word perception necessarily implies a perceiver-subject and a perceived-object.
    In other words, perception needn't mean "cognizing things" - it could be more open than that, perhaps.

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  2. tom sullivanJanuary 30, 2010 at 7:55 AM

    Yes, as Wei Wu Wei pointed out, that is using the word in a way that is etymologically correct(I'll post his uniquely brilliant relevant passage). Then, as you say, the word apperception could be used to point to non-dual "perception". I HAVE seen terms such as "direct perception" and "pure perception" used for that.

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