perception

A perceptual episode — sensing and registering the environment (or an internal state) as it occurs. The occurrent that typically realizes a perceptual observation or claim.

Structure

Types: gmeow:MentalProcessType

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:processPerception as a controlled value typed as gmeow:MentalProcessType.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Mental Timeline

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/mentation/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



ex:morningPerception a gmeow:MentalProcess ;
    rdfs:label "Ada's morning perception of daylight"@en ;
    gmeow:experiencer ex:ada ;                            # functional: one process, one experiencer
    gmeow:mentalProcessType gmeow:processPerception ;     # value-vocab slot, not a subclass
    gmeow:eventTime "2026-06-15T07:12:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime ; # temporal frame — same idiom as events/wedding.ttl
    gmeow:eventTemporalFrame gmeow:temporalFrameUTCGregorian ;
    gmeow:realizesMentalMoment ex:perceivedMorningLight .  # ontological participation: manifests the perceptual capacity

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:MentalProcessType