apperception

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He thus emphasizes in apperception the connexion with the self as resulting from the sum of antecedent experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

It is true that we cannot conceive the universe otherwise than as infinite in time and space, because both time and space are but human modes of apperception.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

Each apperception center had its own elevator shaft which went through the concrete of the "dura matter" down to "Grand Central", the traffic center below The Brain.

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander

He agreed with Herbart regarding the philosophy of apperception so far as it related to intellectual culture, but he painted Jo entirely out of harmony with Herbart’s psychology in relation to soul development.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)

It follows naturally from the principle of apperception: the interpretation of the unknown in terms of the known; the extension of accumulated experience to the interpretation of new experiences.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.