different between apperception vs intuition

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin appercepti?, used by Gottfried Leibnitz (1646–1716)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æp??s?p??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æp??s?p??n/

Noun

apperception (countable and uncountable, plural apperceptions)

1. (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.
2. (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
3. (countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

Related terms

• apperceive
• apperceptive

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “apperception”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• apperception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “apperception” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "apperception" in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
• Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Apperception" by Otto F. Kkraushaar, p. 15.

English

Alternative forms

• intuïtion (pedantic)

Etymology

From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitio (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueri (“to look at, consider”), from in (“in, on”) + tueri (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ntj?????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ntuw????n/

Noun

intuition (countable and uncountable, plural intuitions)

1. Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
2. A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• intuition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• intuition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

intuition c (singular definite intuitionen, plural indefinite intuitioner)

1. intuition

Declension

Related terms

• intuere
• intuitiv

References

• “intuition” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

intuition

1. Genitive singular form of intuitio.

Anagrams

• innoittui

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intu?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?i.sj??/

Noun

intuition f (plural intuitions)

1. (uncountable, philosophy) intuition (cognitive faculty)
2. (countable) intuition, hunch
3. premonition

Derived terms

• intuitionner
• intuitionnel

Related terms

• intuitif

Further reading

• “intuition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).