Associations to the word «Apperception»

Wiktionary

APPERCEPTION, noun. (uncountable) (psychology and philosophy) (especially Kantianism) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
APPERCEPTION, noun. (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
APPERCEPTION, noun. (countable) (psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

Dictionary definition

APPERCEPTION, noun. The process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche