The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
Samuel AlexanderWe cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
Samuel AlexanderBoth expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
Samuel AlexanderIn the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.
Samuel Alexander