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over each involves both an intellectual process of cog- 

 nition, and an emotional element. 



Intellect is next examined as perception, mediation, 

 and knowledge. 



Perception is shown to be the experience of a bond 

 of union between the thing and that thing's relation to 

 the perceiving self; the thing and its quality as predi- 

 cated by perceptive judgment are both elements of one 

 single experience. But perception involves will, since 

 both the object and its qualities, which are obtruded 

 upon the mind, are acknowledged and acted on by that 

 mind. I perceive a chair; and in doing so I accept its 

 existence, and its qualification of myself. Its qualifica- 

 tion of myself is realised by me as an emotion 1 . Thus 

 in perception both will and emotion have their part. 

 But perception is also collective in nature; our percep- 

 tion is, we assume, the same as the perception of another 

 would be if he were in our place. 



Very generally however we seek a verification and 

 explanation of our perceptions. We then resolve facts 

 into ulterior facts, all linked together; and the linkage, 

 not the perception any longer, becomes the real thing 

 for us. We find mediation and interdependence. Finally 

 through verification and explanation, we reach scientific 

 Proof, confirming the truth we have perceived. But the 

 scientific method is really an appeal to a collective 

 standard. In this whole process will plays its part, as 

 the acceptance of the chain linking the perceived 

 phenomena; and the conviction of the truth we have 

 verified is emotional. 



But further, all beliefs have to be correlated and 

 rounded off into one coherent whole. Philosophy is 

 concerned with the nature of this whole and leads to 

 knowledge. When philosophy takes cognisance of all 

 the facts, especially the facts of causality and commu- 



1 Op. tit. pp. 89 seqq. 



