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;Definition: '''Sensation''' is the ''internal state'' of some creature in virtue of which it perceives things.<ref>"Although 'sensation' proper is a term confined to bodily sensation, often one extends its use to describe appearances in all perceptual modalities. Whenever any creature perceives something, there is some internal state of the creature in virtue of which it perceives that thing. One can label that state the creature's 'sensation of' or 'sense impression of' or 'experience of' the perceived thing." [Clark, 1993]</ref>
 
;Definition: '''Sensation''' is the ''internal state'' of some creature in virtue of which it perceives things.<ref>"Although 'sensation' proper is a term confined to bodily sensation, often one extends its use to describe appearances in all perceptual modalities. Whenever any creature perceives something, there is some internal state of the creature in virtue of which it perceives that thing. One can label that state the creature's 'sensation of' or 'sense impression of' or 'experience of' the perceived thing." [Clark, 1993]</ref>
  
For example, it sensations could be brain states.<ref>"So, for example, the internal state in virtue of which I now see the red rug and without which I would not see the red rug is (by stipulation) my visual sensation 'of' the rug." [Clark, 1993]</ref>
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For example, a creature's sensations could be brain states.<ref>"So, for example, the internal state in virtue of which I now see the red rug and without which I would not see the red rug is (by stipulation) my visual sensation 'of' the rug." [Clark, 1993]</ref>
  
 
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== References ==

Latest revision as of 14:12, 24 July 2022

Definition
Sensation is the internal state of some creature in virtue of which it perceives things.[1]

For example, a creature's sensations could be brain states.[2]

References

  1. "Although 'sensation' proper is a term confined to bodily sensation, often one extends its use to describe appearances in all perceptual modalities. Whenever any creature perceives something, there is some internal state of the creature in virtue of which it perceives that thing. One can label that state the creature's 'sensation of' or 'sense impression of' or 'experience of' the perceived thing." [Clark, 1993]
  2. "So, for example, the internal state in virtue of which I now see the red rug and without which I would not see the red rug is (by stipulation) my visual sensation 'of' the rug." [Clark, 1993]