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conceptual cognition

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term conceptual cognition

Referenced by:
cognition, conceptual (cross-reference only)
conceptual thought (alternative term)
Tibetan rtog-pa
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition The cognition of an object through the medium of a metaphysical entity, namely a universal, a category, or a mental label. Conceptual cognition imputes (mentally labels) a metaphysical entity on the object that the mental aspect it assumes resembles, and mixes and confuses the two.

TRANSLATIONS

Arabic الإدراك النظري
German konzeptuelle Wahrnehmung
Italian cognizione concettuale
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... conceptual consciousness; conceptuality; imputation; investigation; conceptual thought; thought
Russian концептуальное познание