apperception
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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 Benjamin M. Anderson
Fleeing the loud-rolling world with her new apperception, she sped Far to the heart of the moon, where her father, the moon-god, received her.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
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 Myra Kelly
There were, however, no transversal or direct communications from one apperception center to the next.
From The Brain by Alexander Blade
But we can meet this nowhere else than in the principle of the unity of apperception as regards all cognitions which are to belong to me.
From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Harold Arthur Prichard
Vocabulary lists containing apperception
Flowers for Algernon
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cept, capt, ceive (take, hold, seize)
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capt, cept, ceive, List 3
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