apperception

apperception
apperception (n.) 1753, from Fr. aperception (17c.), from Ger. Apperzeption (or L. apperceptionem), coined by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) as noun corresponding to Fr. apercevoir "perceive, notice, become aware of" (11c., from L. ad "to" (see AD- (Cf. ad-)) + percipere; see PERCEIVE (Cf. perceive)) on analogy of Perzeption/percevoir.

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  • apperception — I noun acumen, appreciation, astuteness, awareness, cognition, cognizance, conception, discernment, foresight, insight, intellect, judgment, knowledge, mentality, penetration, perception, perspicacity, psyche, realization, reason, reasoning power …   Law dictionary

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  • apperception — [ap΄ərsep′shən] n. [Fr aperception < apercevoir, APPERCEIVE] 1. the act or process of apperceiving 2. the state or fact of the mind in being conscious of its own consciousness apperceptive adj …   English World dictionary

  • apperception — Term introduced by Leibniz for the mind s reflective apprehension of its own inner states. Kant distinguishes empirical apperception, which is consciousness of the ordinary, changing self, and transcendental apperception. This is the unchangeable …   Philosophy dictionary

  • apperception — apperceptive, adj. apperceptively, adv. /ap euhr sep sheuhn/, n. Psychol. 1. conscious perception. 2. the act or process of apperceiving. [1745 55; ( < F) < NL (Leibnitz) apperception , s. of apperceptio. See AP 1, PERCEPTION] * * * …   Universalium

  • apperception — noun /apəˈsɛpʃən/ a) The minds perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself. For as she smiled I was gifted a glimpse past the… …   Wiktionary

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