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'''Cognition''' is described as the the [[mental]] process of [[knowledge|knowing]], which includes the faculties of [[awareness]], [[perception]], [[reasoning]], [[intuition]] and [[judgment]]. | '''Cognition''' is described as the the [[mental]] process of [[knowledge|knowing]], which includes the faculties of [[awareness]], [[perception]], [[reasoning]], [[intuition]] and [[judgment]]. | ||
Let us review how the lexicographers report on | Let us review how the lexicographers report on how we use of the word, cognition: | ||
*the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. A result of this; a perception, sensation, notion, or intuition. <ref>[http://www.oxfordamericandictionary.com/entry?entry=t183.e15095 "cognition n." The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition.] Ed. Erin McKean. Oxford University Press, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.</ref> | *the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. A result of this; a perception, sensation, notion, or intuition. <ref>[http://www.oxfordamericandictionary.com/entry?entry=t183.e15095 "cognition n." The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition.] Ed. Erin McKean. Oxford University Press, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 11 August 2008
Cognition is described as the the mental process of knowing, which includes the faculties of awareness, perception, reasoning, intuition and judgment.
Let us review how the lexicographers report on how we use of the word, cognition:
- the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. A result of this; a perception, sensation, notion, or intuition. [1]
- a: cognitive mental processes; specifically : the intellectual process by which knowledge is gained about perceptions or ideas -- distinguished from affection and conation; b: a conscious intellectual act <conflict between cognitions> [2]
Also see
- ↑ "cognition n." The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition. Ed. Erin McKean. Oxford University Press, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ "cognition." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002.