conceptus
[ kuhn-sep-tuhs ]
noun,plural con·cep·tus·es.
the embryo and associated membranes of humans and other highly developed animals.
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A cognition is either an intuition or a conception (intuitus vel conceptus).
The Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel KantFor this reason we ought to call these conceptions, conceptions of comparison (conceptus comparationis).
The Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel KantThe Idea is never a conceptus dabilis; it is not an empirically possible conception.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp SmithBy conceptus cosmicus Kant means concept shared by the whole world, or common to all mankind.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp Smith
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