noesis
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Etymology[edit]
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.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA(key): /nəʊˈiːsɪs/[1]
- (General American) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA(key): /noʊˈisɪs/[1]
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Noun[edit]
noesis (countable and uncountable, plural noeses)[1]
- (psychology) Cognition, the functioning of intellect.
- (Greek philosophy) The exercise of reason.
- (metaphysics) The consciousness component of Noetic Theory, which concerns the duality of noesis and noema.
- 2003, Denis Fisette, Husserl's Logical Investigations Reconsidered
- 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