Yes, wide-acceptance. Google the definition of seeing, does it resemble what you wrote?
Ask a lot of people what seeing is, would they give the same definition as yours?
Historically, seeing has been mostly regarded as what we are capable of doing with our eyes.
Also, in your definition, what is doing the decoding? Is the retina decoding, is the optic nerve decoding, are each individual cell decoding, are the individual neurons decoding? And what does it mean to decode?
Definitions require agreement, not just a seemingly factual description. At least if you want the definition to be accepted. Which is in the end what defines a definition.
Yes, wide-acceptance. Google the definition of seeing, does it resemble what you wrote?
Ask a lot of people what seeing is, would they give the same definition as yours?
Historically, seeing has been mostly regarded as what we are capable of doing with our eyes.
Also, in your definition, what is doing the decoding? Is the retina decoding, is the optic nerve decoding, are each individual cell decoding, are the individual neurons decoding? And what does it mean to decode?
Definitions require agreement, not just a seemingly factual description. At least if you want the definition to be accepted. Which is in the end what defines a definition.