Re: Difference between cognition and perception?

[Paul Brossier <piem-lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I just looked up in a dictionnary; not sure it is of much help either:

perception: "The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect;
apprehension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to
them; discernment; apprehension; cognition." [web1913]

cognition: "The act of knowing; knowledge; perception." [web1913]

Wordnet seems to define 'cognition' somewhat more generally as:
  "the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning" [wn]
which is closer to Andrew's view.

Regards
Paul

     [wn] WordNet (r) 2.0
[web1913] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 07:17:19PM +0100, Andrew Milne wrote:
> How odd -- I asked an almost identical question on the sci.cognitive
> newgroup back in 1997. I wrote:
>
>     Hi there everyone,
>
>     I am looking for some reasonably precise definitions that are able to
>     elucidate the difference between "perception" and "cognition", as well
>     as any other concepts that may be relevant.
>
>     My general intuition would be that the process by which a physical
>     stimulus becomes a mental "state" is:
>
>     stimulus --> (transduction?) --> perception --> cognition --> (qualia?)
>
>     Are there more stages in this overall process, or less, or in a
>     different order?
>
>     Any help would be gratefully received.
>
>
> I received no response. I would also love to hear if anyone can provide a
> "definitive" defintion ;)
>
> Andy Milne
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Woojay Jeon" <wjjeon@ECE.GATECH.EDU>
> To: <AUDITORY@LISTS.MCGILL.CA>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 6:34 PM
> Subject: Difference between cognition and perception?
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am wondering if anyone can clarify the exact difference between
> > "cognition" and "perception", at least in terms of acoustics, and also
> > provide some examples illustrating the difference?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Woojay Jeon