proprioception
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A case of proprioception occurs when with our eyes shut and without touch we are immediately aware of the angle at which one of our elbows is bent.
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- noun The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.
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A case of proprioception occurs when with our eyes shut and without touch we are immediately aware of the angle at which one of our elbows is bent.
— The Identity Theory of Mind -
Thus the proprioception which constitutes consciousness, as distinguished from mere awareness, is a higher order awareness, a perception of one part of (or configuration in) our brain by the brain itself.
— The Identity Theory of Mind -
The proper modality for this perception is somatosensory, similar to the sensory modality of touch or proprioception (the sensory modality internal to one's body that informs one about the position and movement of one's body and body parts).
— Pain -
Armstrong (1968) and Pitcher (1970) argued convincingly that pains are representational and have intentional objects, real or inexistent as usual, which objects are unsalutary conditions of body parts; pain is a kind of proprioception.
— Representational Theories of Consciousness -
Rather than relying on the spatial quality of bodily sensations or proprioception, this argument exploits one's awareness of one's own perceptual states.
— Self-Knowledge
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- Latin proprius, one's own; see per1 in Indo-European roots + (re)ception.
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/ (prōˌprē-ō-sĕpˈshən)/
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