The phrase "act of perceiving" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or experience of becoming aware of something through the senses or the mind.
Example: "The act of perceiving the world around us shapes our understanding and influences our decisions."
Alternatives: "process of perception" or "experience of perception".
In humour, both the creation of a subtle joke and the re-creative act of perceiving the joke involve the delightful mental jolt of a sudden leap from one plane or associative context to another.
Finally, to protect the concept of affordances from the perceived dualism of Gestalt theory, Gibson denied that affordances are defined in terms of their invitation character (Aufforderungscharakter) and described them as real and permanent features of the environment: "An affordance is not bestowed upon an object by a need of an observer and his act of perceiving it.
For instance, it was argued that the act of perceiving a state of affairs and the act of meaning it with a linguistic expression are not of the same genus and that both acts are further distinct from informing someone about this state of affairs or from enjoying it.
Across the whole Patten project, there's an aim to provide materials that make the act of perceiving kind of visible, essentially.
The standard answer, in brief, is that the macro description is not a description of physical reality itself a description of our perceptions of that reality, and that the laws of nature entail that the act of perceiving it not only informs us but alters the world itself in a way that brings it into concordance with our collective experience.
Braque was never much for figures; his abiding, even monogamous, interest lay in the complex act of perceiving and painting accumulations of objects, in his studio.
Mr Rahman said the flag had been "ripped from the flagpole in an act of perceived vandalism" on Thursday morning but by Thursday evening the flag had been raised again.
It is not surprising that so many of the riots that broke out across northern cities in the late 1960s were sparked by acts of perceived police aggression.
As Beijing tends to respond assertively to acts of perceived foreign aggression, it is likely to become more determined about militarising its South China Sea islands if US warships launch high-profile missions within 12-miles of its outposts.
Do events such as scandals, intra-party squabbling, and acts of perceived incompetence affect political parties' valence images, and thus, their electoral fortunes?
For acts of perceived great sacrilege, some individuals, in diverse cultures, have been impaled for their effrontery.
