apperception.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716)).
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