Editing Immaculate perception (section)

{{Short description|Nietzschean philosophical concept}}
The expression '''immaculate perception''', used by the German philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] in his text ''[[Thus Spoke Zarathustra]];'' the term pertains to the idea of "pure knowledge." Nietzsche argues that "immaculate perception" is fictional because it ignores the intimate connection between the perceiver and the external world.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Del Caro|first=Adrian|title=Grounding the Nietzsche Rhetoric of Earth|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|year=2004|isbn=3-11-018038-3|location=Berlin|pages=94}}</ref> He argues that humans are fallible and are capable of using data to ratify or refute perceptions. He also clarifies that perception is value-laden and can be ruled by our interests.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Magnus|first1=Bernd|title=Nietzsche's Case: Philosophy as/and Literature|last2=Stewart|first2=Stanley|last3=Mileur|first3=Jean-Pierre|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-1-317-96098-0|location=Oxon|language=en}}</ref>