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noēsis

noēsis is the alternative spelling of noesis.

Meaning of noesis

Noun

noesis (countable and uncountable, plural noeses)

  1. Cognition, the functioning of intellect.
  2. (Greek) The exercise of reason.
  3. (metaphysics) 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

Forms of noēsis

pluralnoēses

Questions about noēsis

What is noēsis the alternative spelling of?
Noēsis is the alternative spelling of noesis.

Words near noēsis in the dictionary

  1. noöne
  2. noösphere
  3. noöspheres
  4. noötropic
  5. noötropics
  6. noēsis
  7. Noșlac
  8. np
  9. NP time
  10. NP-complete
  11. NP-completeness

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