noesis

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA: /nəʊˈiːsɪs/
• (GA) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA: /noʊˈisɪs/

Noun

noesis

1. (in psychology) cognition, the functioning of intellect.
2. (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
3. (in metaphysical philosophy) 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."

Related terms

• anoesis
• noema
• See: nous#Related terms

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