Terrapin Station wrote: ↑February 15th, 2020, 11:16 am
Prof Bulani wrote: ↑February 15th, 2020, 11:07 am
Is it possible to perceive something that did not originate completely or even in part from direct sensory data?
You'd have to give the definition of sense/sensory data that you're using. I'm not a fan of sense data theory--I think it's a mess, but in any event, "sense data" was defined many different ways by sense data theorists. (And maybe you're not even alluding to any sort of formal sense data theory here, but that would indicate even moreso the need to define just what you have in mind.)
Let's use your term: "sensory reception of external data". I trust that you aren't going to ask me what that term means.
So, to rephrase: is it possible to perceive something that did not come either completely or in part from direct sensory perception of external data?
Terrapin Station wrote:
Does perception persist beyond the direct data being received?
Not on my view, no.
If you are facing a table, you are receiving sensory information about the table. At that point in time, you know that a table is in front of you. If you turn away from the table, you are no longer receiving sensory information from the table. At that point, do you no longer know that a table is behind you? In other words, does the information about the table no longer persist once the sensory input ceases?