apperception

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibnitz (1646–1716)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæpɚˈsɛpʃən/ === Noun === apperception (countable and uncountable, plural apperceptions) (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; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself. (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition. (countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience. ==== Related terms ==== apperceive apperceptive ==== Translations ==== === References === Noah Webster (1828), “apperception”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. “apperception”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “apperception”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "apperception" in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed. Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (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.