Whitehead describes causal efficacy as "the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go." It is, in other words, the sense of causal relations between entities, a feeling of being influenced and affected by the surrounding environment, unmediated by the senses. Presentational immediacy, on the other hand, is what is usually referred to as "pure sense perception", unmediated by any causal or symbolic interpretation, even unconscious interpretation. In other words, it is pure appearance, which may or may not be delusive (e.g. mistaking an image in a mirror for "the real thing"). COUNT 7
QSN1 How do the senses affect causal efficacy? ANS1 unmediated by the senses QSN2 What can be said about the accuracy of presentational immediacy? ANS2 it is pure appearance, which may or may not be delusive QSN3 What is the term for the experience dominating primitive organisms that have a sense for fate? ANS3 causal efficacy QSN4 What is the other term for "pure sense perception"? ANS4 Presentational immediacy QSN5 What is it called if you mistake a reflection in a mirror for the real thing? ANS5 Presentational immediacy QSN6 How does Whitehead define causal efficacy? ANS6 "the experience dominating the primitive living organisms, which have a sense for the fate from which they have emerged, and the fate towards which they go." QSN7 How does Whitehead define presentational immediacy? ANS7 "pure sense perception", unmediated by any causal or symbolic interpretation, even unconscious interpretation