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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

law, law of nature go
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

rule, principle go
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization go
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

closure, law of closure
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

noun.cognition

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