noesis
nounUK /nəʊˈiːsɪs/ · US /noʊˈisɪs/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόησις (nóēsis, “concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding”), from νοεῖν (noeîn, “to intend”, “to perceive”, “to see”, “to understand”) (from νοῦς (noûs, “mind”, “thought”), from νόος (nóos)) + -σις (-sis), suffix forming nouns of action.
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Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Cognition, the functioning of intellect.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Greek The exercise of reason.
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The consciousness component of noetics, which concerns the duality of noesis and noema.
- Husserl calls the noesis the meaning-giving element of the act, and the noema he calls the meaning given in the act."2003, Denis Fisette, Husserl's Logical Investigations Reconsidered:
- Related terms
- anoesis, autonoesis, autonoetic, noema, noetic, nous