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A perception where we do not have the knowledge of an object characterized by any predicate but an apprehension of some unrelated elements is called as?

A perception where we do not have the knowledge of an object characterized by any predicate but an apprehension of some unrelated elements is called as? Correct Answer Indeterminate perception

  • The literal meaning of the term ‘perception’ is ‘pratyaksa’.
  • The word ‘aksa’ in ‘Pratyaksa’ means the sense organ and ‘Prati’ means all the sense organs.
  • Therefore the word Pratyaksa means the function of each of the sense organs in respect of their appropriate objects.
  • Perception is considered as the basic or fundamental source of knowledge.

The Two Modes of Perception (according to the Indian Philosophy)

The Indeterminate Perception (Nirvikalpa):

  • It is the first stage in the process of perception. It is devoid of subject-predicate relation.
  • The nirvikalpa perception of a thing is its perception at the first moment of the association of the senses and their objects. It is its observation at the primary snapshot of an object.
  • It is the primary cognition of an object which is not cognitive i.e. without any determination of the name of the object or the class to which the object belongs. Here, there is no apprehension of generic and specific features although they are implicitly present.
  • It is a state of undifferentiated, nonrelational consciousness, free from the work of assimilation and discrimination, analysis and synthesis.
  • For example, when we perceive a jug, we see the jug as a jug, we do not try to find out what is the shape of the jug, what is its colour or how the jug is different from other objects etc. Here, we are not concerned with the qualities of the object.
  • So, a perception where we do not have the knowledge of an object characterized by any predicate but an apprehension of some unrelated elements is called indeterminate perception.

Determinate Perception (Savikalpa):

  • Determinate perception takes place after the indeterminate stage. There cannot be any Savikalpa perception of an object without a previous nirvikalpa perception of it.
  • Indeterminate perception is simple apprehension while the determinate is perceptual judgment.
  • So, in the previous example of a jug, when we try to apprehend the jug in relation to its qualities, indeterminate perception transforms into determinate perception.

Hence, a perception where we do not know an object characterized by any predicate but an apprehension of some unrelated elements is called indeterminate perception.

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