Anschauung
[ ahn-shou-oo ng, -uh ng ]
/ ˈɑn ʃaʊˌʊŋ, -əŋ /
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noun Philosophy.
direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
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Origin of Anschauung
1855–60; < German: view, equivalent to anschau(en) to view (an- on, at + schauen to look) + -ung -ing1
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Examples from the Web for anschauung
Fichte's word is Anschauung, for which the English language possesses no exact equivalent.
Religion and Science|John Charlton HardwickThe psychological distinction between the three forms is that sensuous perception (Anschauung) 3.
Intuition (Anschauung) as used by Kant, is external or internal.
The Aesthetical Essays|Friedrich Schiller
Word Origin and History for anschauung
Anschauung
"sense-perception," c.1856, from German Anschauung "mode of view," literally "looking at," from anschauen "to look at," from Middle High German aneschouwen (related to show (v.)). A term in Kantian philosophy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper