Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without the faculty of cognition.
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Examples
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The Stoics met these arguments by first pointing out that Heracles 'inability to distinguish cognitive from incognitive impressions in his madness says nothing about the capacities of normal human beings.
Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008
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Most Stoic sources define it as ˜assent to the incognitive™ (i.e. to an impression that does not firmly grasp its object) (see Sextus Empiricus, 41E) but some suggest that changeable assent to a cognitive impression might still count as opinion.
Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008
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It is no part of their thesis that just anyone can distinguish between cognitive and incognitive impressions.
Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008
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And this willlead to a secondary market incognitive goods.
Raph's Website 2008
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