According to Immanuel Kant, perception is the:
A) same as sense impressions.
B) organizing principle of the mind.
C) application of the organizing principles of the mind to sense impressions.
D) direct awareness of noumenal objects.

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Kant believed that perception involves both sense impressions and the active application of the mind's organizing principles, such as space, time, and causality, to those impressions. Therefore, perception is not simply the same as sense impressions (A) and it is not a direct awareness of noumenal objects (D), which are things-in-themselves that cannot be known through perception. Instead, perception involves the mediation of the mind's organizing principles to make sense of the raw data of sense impressions.

According to Immanuel Kant, Perception Is The