![]() ![]() So even the purest of hearts, free of inner deception, will not perceive and understand an object unless endowed with proper intellectual equipment. And here’s the rub: the concepts, the anticipatory classifications and interpretations, contain theories which a) had to be discovered and built up by a long process, and b) may yet in the future turn out to be false. ![]() Countless similar examples can be invoked: the capacity to perceive depends on the possession of the appropriate concepts. A layman looking at a car engine just sees a jumble of metal objects and wires a person who knows about car engines can immediately identify the parts and see their interconnection. Before one can seize an object, one must be equipped with a whole mass of sensitivities, concepts, expectations, background assumptions. “The co-presence of mind and object simply is not sufficient for an apprehension or comprehension of any object. ![]()
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