The Mimamsa and Nyaya schools held that a valid perceptual episode (pratyaksha) arises from contact between sense organ and object prior to and independent of voluntary attentional direction.
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The Sanskrit word for perception or direct sensory experience—basically, what you learn by seeing, hearing, or touching something yourself.
Prior to and independent of voluntary attentional direction(as a description of how perception works)
Happening before and without needing you to deliberately choose to pay attention to something; in other words, perception occurs naturally without you having to decide to focus.
Sense organ(as another possible source of perceptual errors)
A physical part of your body designed for sensing—like your eyes, ears, nose, tongue, or skin.