Well, if one does not know what it is even, I'm not sure what one could do about it. If one does not recognize the bus hurtling at one as such, one does not know to step out of the way. (One might step out of the way anyway acting on pure instinct, I suppose, but no, I don't think I would call that thought.)

Assuming you don't live your entire life just on instinct--which seems to me obvious, since we're engaging in this conversation--then you're obviously able to recognize things for what you call them.