Anschauung

[ ahn-shou-oong, -uhng ]

/ ˈɑn ʃaʊˌʊŋ, -əŋ /

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direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.

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1855–60; <German: view, equivalent to anschau(en) to view (an- on, at + schauen to look) + -ung-ing¹

More than that—he had already conceived the important terms of his own Welt-anschauung.
The Letters of William James, Vol. II|William James
Fichte's word is Anschauung, for which the English language possesses no exact equivalent.
Religion and Science|John Charlton Hardwick
The psychological distinction between the three forms is that sensuous perception (Anschauung) 3.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various
Your general mechanical Welt-anschauung is too abstract and simple for my mind.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James

Intuition (Anschauung) as used by Kant, is external or internal.
The Aesthetical Essays|Friedrich Schiller