noesis

no·e·sis

N0127200 (nō-ē′sĭs)n. The cognitive process; cognition.

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[Greek noēsis, understanding, from noein, to perceive, from nous, mind.]

noesis

(nəʊˈiːsɪs) n1. (Philosophy) philosophy the exercise of reason, esp in the apprehension of universal forms. Compare dianoia2. (Psychology) psychol the mental process used in thinking and perceiving; the functioning of the intellect. See also cognition[C19: from Greek noēsis thought, from noein to think]

noesis

1. understanding solely through the intellect.
2. thinking. — noetic, adj.See also: Thinking

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noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoningcognition, knowledgepsychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organismmind, psyche, nous, brain, head - that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"place - an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"general knowledge, public knowledge - knowledge that is available to anyoneepisteme - the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular timeability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"inability - lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do somethinglexis - all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical functionlexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary - a language user's knowledge of wordspractice - knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"cognitive factor - something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a resultequivalent - a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, process, operation - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"unconscious process, process - a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learnedinformation - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instructionhistory - all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"