tunnetusliku

Tunnetusliku is a Finnish adjective meaning perceptual or perception-based. It is used in scholarly Finnish to label phenomena tied to sense perception, immediate experience, or sensory processing, as distinct from conceptual or theoretical aspects. The term derives from tunnetus (perception, awareness) and is commonly found in disciplines such as psychology, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and linguistics when contrasting perceptual content with other kinds of knowledge.

In practice, tunnetusliku is used to describe aspects of experience that are rooted in sensory input and immediate consciousness, rather than inferential or abstract reasoning. It helps to emphasize the sensory basis of phenomena such as perceptual biases, perceptual learning, or perceptual content in theoretical discussions. In translations, tunnetusliku is usually rendered as “perceptual” or “sensory-perceptual” to convey this emphasis.

The term is relatively specialized and most commonly encountered in Finnish-language scholarly writing. It may appear alongside related concepts such as tunnetus (perception), aistiminen (sensing), and havainto (observation). While not widely used in everyday Finnish, tunnetusliku serves to distinguish perceptual factors from cognitive or linguistic ones in theoretical work.