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Vision for knowledge: Knowledge for vision
Medawar lecture by Professor Richard Gregory
An evolutionary development of perception is suggested - from passive reception to active perception to explicit conception - earlier stages being largely retained and incorporated in later species. A key is innate and then individually learned knowledge, giving meaning to sensory signals.