# Is perception the exercise of sensorimotor know-how **Abstract:** Enactive theories of perception argue that to perceive is to exercise a form of practical knowledge. This type of knowledge is often referred to in the literature as 'sensorimotor know-how'. Firstly, this paper explores what we should understand by 'know-how' and shows that in some cases it is more than a complex of dispositional responses. I argue that for types of practical knowledge without a clearly defined goal, a type of consideration or anticipation of possible bodily movements and their consequences is required also. It is then shown that sensorimotor knowledge is a type of anticipatory knowledge through comparisons to linguistic and mathematical understanding. I then go on to demonstrate that by thinking of sensorimotor know-how in this way it is possible to meet challenges raised by Clark and Prinz who argue that sensorimotor know-how cannot account for all perceptual experience. **Authors:** [[Nick Young]]