Anschauung
[ ahn-shou-oo ng, -uh ng ]
/ ˈɑn ʃaʊˌʊŋ, -əŋ /
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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Example sentences 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