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Interpretation is fundamentally distinct from reality itself, and there exists a phenomenological state of existence and perception prior to interpretation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate conscious experience, visual perception, and cognition prior to interpretation, defining the boundary between mental constructs and objective reality.

September 3, 2026Open Access

Before Interpretation: Seeing, Knowing, and the Uncapturable Present

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Investigate conscious experience, visual perception, and cognition prior to interpretation, defining the boundary between mental constructs and objective reality.
Applied a phenomenological and epistemological theoretical inquiry to examine perception, recognition, thought, and judgment.
Analyzed the limits of human knowledge regarding the direct experience of the present moment.
Demonstrates that the immediate present exists prior to and escapes complete cognitive capture by conceptual interpretation.
Identifies mental interpretation as a downstream cognitive construct that cannot be equated with underlying reality.

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Philosophical analysis reveals the boundaries of sensory perception and cognition, suggesting that mental interpretation must remain distinct from reality.

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Mayank Singh (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993592636c6408cfa7dedc https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/erc4u

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Philosophical analysis reveals the boundaries of sensory perception and cognition, suggesting that mental interpretation must remain distinct from reality.

Before Interpretation: Seeing, Knowing, and the Uncapturable Present

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