Redefining the Cognitive Process by Differentiating it into a Nine-Stage Model
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 9, 2026 Sang-Rok Lee
This paper redefines the cognitive process by differentiating it into a nine-stage model, thereby establishing the boundary between ‘pure perception’ and ‘knowledge intervention’ as an independent domain of inquiry. Current cognitive science tends to treat perception and knowledge as a single integrated process. This conceptual conflation has been a structural source of persistent hard...