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Abstract
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.