Complete Definition of "apperception"

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Etymology
First used by w:Gottfried_Leibnitz|Gottfried Leibnitz (1646-1716).

Noun
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  1. context|uncountable|psychology|and|philosophy|especially Kantianism The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; perception that reflects upon itself.
  2. context|countable|psychology The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
  3. context|uncountable|rare intensify|Intensified or energetic perception.

References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913
R:Dictionary.com
"apperception" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"apperception" in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Apperception" by Otto F. Kkraushaar, p. 15.

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