apperception
/ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən/ · noun
Meaning
- (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.
- Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
- The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
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