Perception doesn't create order. If you perceive order, then order was already there. It is also possible to imagine order when there is only chaos.And a second question: could it be that to look or otherwise sense is to try to create order? — frank
Perception doesn't create order. — Purple Pond
If you perceive order, then order was already there. — Purple Pond
It is also possible to imagine order when there is only chaos. — Purple Pond
What I meant was that perception doesn't create order in the world. I'd agree that the act of perceiving creates order to mental phenomena from messy stimuli as you describeI think perceiving, in itself, is an act of ordering. That is, what would sensation be if not organised into percepts? The relationship which perception draws in connection with memory, observation, reason, imagination, etc is for the sake of giving context (significance/meaning) to an otherwise amorphous and incoherent mess. — BrianW
Agreed.Possibly. But, it is also possible to create order out of chaos, that is, organise the disorganised. — BrianW
That would be a case of the mind creating order to its mental imagery.That would be the mind creating order because imagination is part of conception. — BrianW
That would be a case of the mind creating order to its mental imagery. — Purple Pond
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