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 Anderson, Benjamin M.
It is the “transcendental unity of consciousness” of Kant—his synthetic unity of apperception.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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
This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Confronted with the realities, however, he discovered the tremendous difference between "hear say" and full sensual apperception.
From The Brain by Blade, Alexander
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Flowers for Algernon
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