Single Idea 5220

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception]

Full Idea

Deliberation is not concerned with particular facts, such as 'is it a loaf?' or 'is it properly cooked?'; these are matters of sense-perception.

Gist of Idea

Particular facts (such as 'is it cooked?') are matters of sense-perception, not deliberation

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1112b33)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.120


A Reaction

This seems to be Aristotle's commitment to direct cognition through perception, though if pressed he might concede that concepts (such as 'cooked') are involved in perception.