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Definition of Noesis
1. Noun. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
Generic synonyms: Psychological Feature
Specialized synonyms: Brain, Head, Mind, Nous, Psyche, Place, General Knowledge, Public Knowledge, Episteme, Ability, Power, Inability, Lexis, Lexicon, Mental Lexicon, Vocabulary, Practice, Cognitive Factor, Equivalent, Cognitive Operation, Cognitive Process, Mental Process, Operation, Process, Process, Unconscious Process, Perception, Structure, Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object, Information, History, Attitude, Mental Attitude
Derivative terms: Noetic
Definition of Noesis
1. Noun. The consciousness side to duality of noesis and noema. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of noesis) ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of noesis) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Noesis
1. the process of reason [n -SISES]
Medical Definition of Noesis
1. Cognition, especially through direct and self-evident knowledge. Origin: G. Noesis, thought, intelligence (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Noesis
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1. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1885)
"THE town of noesis was not built upon a hill; neither was its light hidden ...
One might have expected to find much beauty in the town of noesis and its ..."
2. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1883)
"Thus both nous and noesis are borrowed without modification from the Greek, but
the former is as familiar to the populace as is the study of Comparative ..."
3. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1883)
"Thus both nous and noesis are borrowed without modification from the Greek, but
the former is as familiar to the populace as is the study of Comparative ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1905)
"... Galatians were devoid of noesis iii. I).i The second is really ... to Christian
spirituality in the same relation as Phrygian ritual to educated noesis. ..."
5. Human Behavior: In Relation to the Study of Educational, Social, and Ethical by Stewart Paton (1921)
"We think it rather a supreme belief in the Teutonic noesis and the value of these
... This same Teutonic noesis, whether expressed in literary, social, ..."
6. Ancient European Philosophy: The History of Greek Philosophy Psychologically by Denton Jaques Snider (1903)
"... literally the Thinking of Thinking, or Thought thinking Thought. Thus Aristotle
predicates the ousia of the on to be the noesis ..."
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