noesis

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.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA^(key): /nəʊˈiːsɪs/[1]
• (General American) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA^(key): /noʊˈisɪs/[1]

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noesis (countable and uncountable, plural noeses)[1]

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."

• anoesis
• noema
• See: nous#Related terms

• Enosis, eosins, essoin, neosis, noises, nosies, ossein, sonsie