noun
pure experience
A technical term in philosophy, especially associated with the thought of Nishida Kitarō. Refers to direct, unmediated experience before the subject-object distinction arises.
西田幾多郎は『善の研究』で純粋経験の概念を展開した。
Nishida Kitarō developed the concept of pure experience in 'An Inquiry into the Good'.
Compound of 純粋 (pure) and 経験 (experience), calqued from the English philosophical term 'pure experience'.