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During the second half of the
nineteenth century, the great
scientist Hermann von
Helmholtz developed a similar
theory, but worked it out more
systematically than had
Berkeley. Helmholtz contributed
to our knowledge about almost
every topic in the fields of
sensory processes and
perception and systematized
this knowledge in his epic
volumes on physiological optics.
He argued that perception was
based upon a process of
inference, in which, through
past experience, we infer from
the sensations we receive at a
given time the nature of the
object or event that they
probably represent. Because we
ordinarily are not aware of
drawing such a conclusion,
Helmholtz described the process
as one of unconscious
inference, unbewusster
Schluss:"The sensations of the
senses are tokens for our
consciousness, it being left to
our intelligence to learn how to
comprehend their meaning."