apperception

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This pure original unchangeable consciousness I shall call transcendental apperception.

From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Prichard, Harold Arthur

No one dreams, of course, that the great synthetic apperception, for which our modern time seems ripe, will come through the delivery of some hundred addresses, or the discussions of some hundred audiences.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

This was unexpected; it couldn't be that thoughts were still forming as flames devoured the cortex matter of apperception in the hemispheres....

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander

Kant then proceeds to introduce what he evidently considers the keystone of his system, viz. 'transcendental apperception.'

From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Prichard, Harold Arthur

Then shall mother and teacher sweetly lisp of the "fringe of apperception," "the stream of consciousness," "inhibition," "ideal motor action," and "the tabula raza."

From Little Aliens by Kelly, Myra