At the beginning of mental evolution there is certainly no differentiation between the ego and the external world, that is to say that the impressions experienced and perceived are not related to a personal consciousness felt as a "me," nor to objects conceived as external: they are simply given in an indissociated block, or as spread out on the same plane, which is neither internal nor external, but halfway between these two poles. They will only oppose each other little by little. (Jean Piaget)
What is the word for perception in philosophy/psychology? In french we have to say "perceive by senses" to talk about the image that can be formed in the mind (the image of this car with no meaning) that bring to "perceive" an object by the mind (the car with a meaning). Is it the same in english? — Herve
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