Russell (1961: 787):
Modern physics and physiology throw a new light upon the ancient problem of perception. If there is to be anything that can be called "perception," it must be in some degree an effect of the object perceived, and it must more or less resemble the object if it is to be a source of knowledge of the object.
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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, an object is a construal of experience — the impact of the environment on the body — as meaning. That is, the appearance of the experience as an object is within the domain of semiosis. Accordingly, the notion of a resemblance between an object and its perception amounts to a resemblance between a perception and itself.
From the perspective of Edelman's Theory of Neuronal Group Selection, filtered through the lens of Gregory Bateson, reliable perception involves different impacts on sensory receptors selecting different neuronal groups in global brain mappings.
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