Definitions for: Apperception

[n] the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience

Webster (1913) Definition: Ap`per*cep"tion, n. [Pref. ad- + perception: cf.
F. apperception.] (Metaph.)
The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in
its own states; perception that reflects upon itself;
sometimes, intensified or energetic perception. --Leibnitz.
Reid.

This feeling has been called by philosophers the
apperception or consciousness of our own existence.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.

See Also: basic cognitive process

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