noesis

noun /nəʊˈiːsɪs/

1. Cognition, the functioning of intellect.

   countable, uncountable

2. The exercise of reason.

   countable, uncountable

3. The consciousness component of noetics, which concerns the duality of noesis and noema.

   countable, uncountable

   Husserl calls the noesis the meaning-giving element of the act, and the noema he calls the meaning given in the act."

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing 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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry noesis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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