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... perception or direct observation ; they are conceptual constructs . The same is true even of the objects of our everyday world which by no means are simply ' given ' as sense data or simple perceptions , but actually are con- strued by ...
... perception or direct observation ; they are conceptual constructs . The same is true even of the objects of our everyday world which by no means are simply ' given ' as sense data or simple perceptions , but actually are con- strued by ...
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... perception must allow the animal to find its way in the world . This would be impossible if the categories of experience , such as space , time , substance , causality , were entirely deceptive . The categories of experience have arisen ...
... perception must allow the animal to find its way in the world . This would be impossible if the categories of experience , such as space , time , substance , causality , were entirely deceptive . The categories of experience have arisen ...
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... perception of space ... Even time is represented , for good or wrong , in terms of the visualizable model of space ... perception ' ( Lorenz , 1943 , p . 335 ) . 4. An excellent analysis of the culture - dependence of perception , cogni ...
... perception of space ... Even time is represented , for good or wrong , in terms of the visualizable model of space ... perception ' ( Lorenz , 1943 , p . 335 ) . 4. An excellent analysis of the culture - dependence of perception , cogni ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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