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/pˈərsɛpt/ Listen

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

... were the size of the percepts, in a number of cases smaller, and in a few cases larger. This was determined by comparison between the image and the percept immediately on opening the eyes and seeing the object at the end of the five minutes occupied by the experiment. A similar mode of comparison showed that, in about half of the experiments, the images were at the end of five minutes approximately ...

— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

... 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