  Two objections to this definition are countered. Objection 1: Since every qualificative cognition is produced by a prior awareness of the qualifier, the definition under-extends. Reply: No. The awareness of the qualifier is merely an auxiliary causal factor, the ‘special’ instrumental cause is a sense-object contact. Objection 2: Since recognition, which is a type of perception, does have the prior awareness of the qualifier as its ‘special’ instrumental cause, the definition under-extends. Reply: No. The ‘special’ causal factor is the memory of the qualifier triggered by the dispositional trace produced by the prior awareness, not the prior awareness itself.