Re: Cognitive Inference

Lester Zick wrote:
> 
>                                     Cognitive Inference
> 
> What is the process by which we see things? Most who think we see
> things would suggest that the process is one of perceptual inference.
> Then the question becomes how do we think of things that are not
> perceptual in nature and have no direct perceptual referrents? My
> contention is that this process represents cognitive inference.
> 
> Now the question is how? If we consider that perceptual inference uses
> differences the answer becomes obvious. If the brain/mind complex
> takes differences in order to establish perceptual properties, why not
> just take differences among such differences to establish a basis for
> cognitive iinference.
> 
> The suggestion then is that perceptual inference is drawn among
> properties in the visual field but that cognitive inference is drawn
> between properties in different perceptual fields.
> 
> Regards - Lester

Sounds to me like you're saying that cognitive inverence is drawn
between properties of a more refined level differentiation of the same
perceptual field.