apperception
Americannoun
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the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
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the act or process of apperceiving
Other Word Forms
- apperceptive adjective
- apperceptively adverb
- preapperception noun
- unapperceptive adjective
Etymology
Origin of apperception
First recorded in 1745–55; from French or directly from New Latin (Leibnitz) apperceptiōn-, stem of apperceptiō. See ap- 1, perception
Example Sentences
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For this term indicates the relation of these representations to the original apperception, and also their necessary unity, even though the judgement itself is empirical, and therefore contingent, e. g.
From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Prichard, Harold Arthur
Dewey turns to the 'Transcendental Deduction,' and follows Kant's description of the synthetic unity of apperception.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas
The whole intelligent life of man is, consciously or unconsciously, a process of apperception, inasmuch as every act of attention involves the appercipient process.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The locale of The Brain's self-expression is the "pineal gland" supposed to be seat of extrasensory apperception in the human brain.
From The Brain by Blade, Alexander
This pure original unchangeable consciousness I shall call transcendental apperception.
From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Prichard, Harold Arthur
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