ABSTRACT
Sensation, in the terminology of contemporary psychology, is the acquisition of “raw” information by the body’s external and internal sense organs. Sensation is traditionally distinguished from perception, which is the processing and interpretation of sensations. It is worth pointing out, how ever, that many psychologists and philosophers deny the possibility of a “raw” sensation without any processing or interpretation, so the distinction, though well established by custom and practice, is in fact scientifically and philosophically controversial or even dubious.
