Capacidades conceituais na percepção

A sound empiricism must attribute a rational meaning to our perceptual experience lest this experience be severed from the universe of our beliefs. On the other hand, perceptual experiences cannot be treated as creations of our own. They must be considered as contributions coming from the world around us. These two requirements can only be met if we conceive our perception as an exercize of our conceptual capacities within the range of our sensorial consciousness.Um empirismo conseqüente depende da atribuição de um significado racional à nossa experiência perceptiva. Sem isto, a experiência perceptiva fica segregada do universo das crenças. Por outro lado, a experiência perceptiva não pode ser tratada como se fosse uma criação nossa. Ela deve ser vista como uma contribuição vinda de fora, que chega até nós através de nossos órgãos sensíveis. Estas duas exigências podem ser cumpridas desde que concebamos a experiência como a realização de capacidades conceituais na própria consciência sensível.Conceptual capabilities in perceptionA consequent empiricism depends on the attribution of a rational meaning to our perceptual experience. Without this, the perceptual experience is segregated from the universe of beliefs. On the other hand, perceptual experience cannot be treated as if it were our creation. It should be seen as a contribution from outside, which reaches us through our sensitive organs. These two requirements can be met as long as we conceive of experience as the realization of conceptual capacities in the sensitive consciousness itself